Working-class minority students' routes to higher education /

While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book, based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capita...

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Main Author: Espinoza, Roberta
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Routledge research in education ; 81.
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Summary:While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book, based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capital, examines the social relations that often underpin such successes, highlighting the significant formal and informal academic interventions by educators and other education professionals.
Physical Description:147 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-143) and index.
ISBN:9780415806725 (hardback)
0415806720 (hardback)