| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 326 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-315) and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is "worth it," the authors assess the state of American higher education. They provide a powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, and explain in vivid detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it. Mapping different pathways available to students at a flagship Midwestern public university, the authors demonstrate that the most well-resourced and seductive route is a "party pathway" anchored in the Greek system, facilitated by the administration--and with serious disadvantages for the majority of students. |
| Contents |
The women -- The party pathway -- Rush and the party scene -- The floor -- Socialites, wannabes, and fit with the party pathway -- Strivers, creaming, and the blocked mobility pathway -- Achievers, underachievers, and the professional pathway -- College pathways and post-college prospects -- Politics and pathways -- Appendix A: Participants -- Appendix B: Studying social class -- Appendix C: Data collection, analysis, and writing -- Appendix D: Ethical considerations. |
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Women college students -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Educational sociology -- United States.
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Public universities and colleges -- United States.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Educational sociology. (OCoLC)fst00903596
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Public universities and colleges. (OCoLC)fst01083102
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Women college students -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01177481
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Hamilton, Laura T. (Laura Teresa), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Armstrong, Elizabeth A. Paying for the party. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013 9780674049574 (DLC) 2012036068 (OCoLC)812067637 |
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Print version: Armstrong, Elizabeth A. Paying for the party 9780674049574 (DLC) 2012036068 (OCoLC)812067637 |
| ISBN |
0674073517 (electronic bk.) |
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9780674073517 (electronic bk.) |
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