Working-class minority students' routes to higher education

"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"--

Year

2012

Language

English

Series

Routledge research in education -- 81

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

8

Pages

147

ISBN

9780415806725

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