Economically and educationally challenged students in higher education
Subtitle: access to outcomes
By: MaryBeth Walpole.
Contributors: Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Series: ASHE higher education report -- v. 33, no. 3; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Wiley/Jossey-Bass
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9780470225356
Subjects: College students -- Social conditions.; College students -- Economic conditions.; Low-income college students.; Underprepared college students.; Poor -- Education (Higher) -- United States.; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-104) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Organization; value: Definitions; value: Historical development of current categories; value: Defining socioeconomic status; value: Definitions of parental income; value: Parental education definitions; value: Definitions of parental occupation; value: Definitional disunity; value: Umbrella term; value: Conceptual approaches; value: Status attainment models; value: Human capital theory; value: Financial nexus model; value: Bourdieu's framework; value: Critical race theory; value: College access and admission; value: Prior educational experiences; value: Socioeconomic status; value: Parental income; value: Parental education; value: Parental occupation; value: College experiences; value: College outcomes; value: Persistence and attainment; value: Educational aspirations; value: Learning outcomes; value: Graduate school attendance, income, and occupational status; value: Career orientation; value: Social class effects and multiple identities; value: College access and choice; value: Experiences and outcomes; value: Organizational structures, practices, and responses; value: Programmatic assistance; value: Conclusions, recommendations, and implications for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers.