Unequal choices : how social class shapes where high-achieving students apply to college / Yang Va Lor.
"High-achieving students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to end up at less selective institutions compared to their socioeconomically advantaged peers with similar academic qualifications. A key reason for this is that few highly able, socioeconomically disadvantaged...
Uniform Title: | American campus.
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Language: | English |
Published: |
New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2023]
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Series: | American campus.
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Physical Description: | 145 pages ; 24 cm. |
Variant Title: |
How social class shapes where high achieving students apply to college |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"High-achieving students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to end up at less selective institutions compared to their socioeconomically advantaged peers with similar academic qualifications. A key reason for this is that few highly able, socioeconomically disadvantaged students apply to selective institutions in the first place. In Unequal Choices, Yang Va Lor examines the college applications of high-achieving students, looking closely at the ways the larger contexts of family, school and community influence their decisions. For students today, contexts like high schools and college preparation programs shape the type of colleges that they deem appropriate, while family upbringing and personal experiences influence how far from home students imagine they can apply to college. Additionally, several mechanisms reinforce the reproduction of social inequality, showing how institutions and families of the middle-and upper-middle class work to procure advantages by cultivating dispositions among their children for specific types of higher education opportunities"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Call Number: | LC4065 .V33 2023 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781978827059 1978827059 9781978827042 1978827040 |