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Passing the torch : does higher education for the disadvantaged pay off across the generations? /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Attewell, Paul A., 1949-
Other Authors: Lavin, David E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2007]
Series:Rose series in sociology.
Subjects:
Youth with social disabilities > Education (Higher) > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
College graduates > United States > Economic conditions.
Social mobility > United States.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Passing the torch: an overview
  • Thirty years later: educational attainments
  • How families fared: the college payoff
  • Breaking the cycle of disadvantage: maternal education and children's success
  • How college changes a mother's parenting and affects her children's educational outcomes
  • Dads and neighborhoods: their contributions to children's success
  • Mass higher education and its critics
  • The bottom line: the difference that open access makes.