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College Bound and Moving Up How Families Launch First Generation College Students and How You Could Help Yours

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ISBN-10: 1463588518

ISBN-13: 9781463588519

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mike Santaniello

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Today, there is a huge income gap between college graduates and high school graduates. Yet, many young Americans still believe that "they don't need college" to get rich or get ahead. For every "self made millionaire" who skipped college, there are millions of high school graduates who will struggle financially for the rest of their lives. For about the same cost to buy and insure a "nice" new car, then drive it for four years, many young adult Americans could pay for a four year college degree instead. That degree then would earn them enough extra income on average to buy a new car for cash every two years for the rest of their lives! Take out a car loan or a school loan? It's a no…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 6/10/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 194
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Mike Santaniello, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Molloy College. Dr. Mike earned a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology at Stony Brook University, and two Master's Degrees and a Ph.D. in Sociology at Columbia University. Dr. Mike published his doctoral dissertation, "Beating the Odds: College Attenders and Nonattenders from the Working Class," in 1995.