Title: Degrees of choice
First published: 2005
Description: "Degrees of Choice provides a sophisticated account of the overlapping effects of social class, ethnicity and gender in the process of choosing which university to attend. The shift from an elite to a mass system has been accompanied by much political rhetoric about widening access, achievement-for-all and meritocratic equalisation."

"This book gives a full and different picture, drawing on qualitative and quantitative data to show how the welcome expansion of higher education has also deepened social stratification, generating new and different inequalities. While gender inequalities have reduced, those of social class remain and are now reinforced by racial inequalities in access. Employing perspectives from the sociology of education and particularly Bourdieu's work on distinction and judgement, the book links school (institutional habitus) and family (class habitus) with individual choice making in a socially informed dynamic."--Jacket.
Subjects: Admission, College choice, Discrimination in education, Educational equalization, Social aspects, Social aspects of College choice, Universities and colleges, Gender studies, Higher & further education, Multicultural studies, Higher, Education / Higher, Education, Education / Teaching, Discrimination in higher education, Great Britain, Social stratification, Education, higher, united states, Universities and colleges--admission, Universities and colleges--great britain--admission, Educational equalization--great britain, Discrimination in education--great britain, College choice--social aspects, College choice--social aspects--great britain, Lc191.98.g7 r43 2005, 378.1'61
Places: Great Britain
LC classification: LC191.98.G7 R43 2005