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Unequal higher education : wealth, status and student opportunity /

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American higher education is often understood as a vehicle for social advancement. However, the institutions at which students enroll differ widely from one another. Some enjoy tremendous endowment savings and/or collect resources via research, which then offsets the funds that students contribute....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Taylor, Barrett Jay (Author), Cantwell, Brendan, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Series:American campus.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States > Evaluation.
Universities and colleges > United States > Finance.
College costs > United States.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The roots of unequal higher education
  • A field account of unequal higher education
  • Mapping unequal higher education
  • Unequal public higher education: stratification and drift
  • Unequal private higher education: persistent inequalities
  • Unequal higher education and student opportunity
  • Consequences of unequal higher education: student success and mortgaged futures
  • Contesting unequal higher education.