Class warfare : class, race, and college admissions in top-tier secondary schools /

Stories abound about the lengths to which middle- and upper-middle-class parents will go to ensure a spot for their child at a prestigious university. From the Suzuki method to calculus-based physics, from AP tests all the way back to early-learning Kumon courses, students are increasingly pushed to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Weis, Lois (Autor), Cipollone, Kristin (Autor), Jenkins, Heather, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Temas:
Education, Secondary > Social aspects > United States.
Upper class > Education > United States.
Universities and colleges > Admission > Social aspects > United States.
Social classes > United States.
Enseignement secondaire > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Classes supérieures > Éducation > États-Unis.
Universités > Admission > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
Education, Secondary > Social aspects.
Social classes.
Upper class > Education.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Class, race, and college admissions in a changing US context
  • Schooling in privileged spaces
  • Class practices and the college process in a suburban, public high school: creating distinction around the highly selective college-going self
  • Micromanaging the college admissions process: leaving nothing to chance at Matthews Academy
  • "Outsiders within": relative opportunities for low-income black students in elite private secondary schools
  • Race and class matters
  • Class, race, and postsecondary destinations in new global circumstances
  • Epilogue: details and reflections on theory and methods.

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