Paying for the Party How College Maintains Inequality

Name: Paying for the Party How College Maintains Inequality
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ISBN: 9780674049574

ISBN-10: 0674049578

ISBN-13: 9780674049574

Edition: 2013

Authors: Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura T. Hamilton

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Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she lives in a fashionable apartment with her fiancé. The other woman, saddled with burdensome debt and a low GPA, is still struggling to finish her degree in tourism. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is “worth it,” Paying for the Party is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in vivid detail why so many leave college with so…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/19/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 294
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.57" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Elizabeth A. Armstrong is Associate Professor of Sociology and Organizational Studies at University of Michigan.

Laura T. Hamilton is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced.



List of Figures and Tables


Preface


Introduction



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



Participants



Studying Social Class



Data Collection, Analysis, and Writing



Ethical Considerations


Notes


References


Acknowledgments


Index