Working-class minority students' routes to higher education
By: Roberta Espinoza
Series: Routledge research in education -- 81
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780415806725
Subjects: Education (Higher); Educational equalization; EDUCATION / Higher; Admission; Minorities; EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects; EDUCATION / General; Working class; Universities and colleges
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.