Working-class minority students' routes to higher education [electronic resource] / Roberta Espinoza.
By: Espinoza, Roberta.
Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: Routledge research in education ; 81. Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2012Description: 147 p.Subject(s): Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States | Working class -- Education (Higher) -- United States | Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission | Educational equalization -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 378.1/9820973 Online resources: Click to View 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143) and index.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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