Can College Level the Playing Field? : Higher Education in an Unequal Society /

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Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injusticeWe often think that a college degree will open doors to opportunity regardless of one's background or upbringing. In this eye-opening book, two of today's leading economists argue that highe...

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Autores principales: Baum, Sandy (Autor), McPherson, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Temas:
College attendance > Social aspects > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.
People with social disabilities > Education (Higher) > United States.
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Academic achievement.
Academic degree.
Academic institution.
Advanced Placement.
After-Tax Income.
Aggregate income.
Alumnus.
Associate degree.
Bachelor's degree or higher.
Bachelor's degree.
Business development.
Census tract.
Child tax credit.
City University of New York.
College application.
College.
Community college.
Credential.
Curriculum.
Developed country.
Dual enrollment.
Economic inequality.
Economic mobility.
Economic planning.
Education in the United States.
Education.
Educational attainment.
Educational technology.
Equal opportunity.
Expense account.
Family income.
Finance.
First-Time Home Buyer.
Funding.
Further education.
Future generation.
Gainful employment.
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Grading (education).
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Graduation.
Higher education.
Household.
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Human capital.
Incentive.
Income distribution.
Income in the United States.
Income.
Innovation.
Institution.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Investor.
Labour economics.
Longitudinal study.
Marital status.
Market power.
Median income.
National debt of the United States.
NetworKing.
Occupational prestige.
Of Education.
Ownership (psychology).
Participation (decision making).
Payroll.
Personal finance.
Philanthropy.
Positivism.
Poverty.
Private school.
Public university.
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census.
Real estate appraisal.
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Stanford University.
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United States Census Bureau.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Understanding the Issues: Inequality and Mobility
  • Chapter 3: Inequality in Higher Education: Who Goes to College? Where Do They Enroll? Which Credentials Do They Earn?
  • Chapter 4: Getting to the College Door: Inequality in Pre-College Circumstances and Experiences
  • Chapter 5: After College
  • Chapter 6: What Can Colleges and Universities Do?
  • Chapter 7: Policy Directions
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

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