Title: Working-class minority students' routes to higher education
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"--
Subjects: Education (Higher), Educational equalization, EDUCATION / Higher, Admission, Minorities, EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / General, Working class, Universities and colleges, Minorities, education, united states, Working class, education
Places: United States