Class warfare. Class, race, and college admissions in top-tier secondary schools.

Autor/inn/en	Weis, Lois; Cipollone, Kristin; Jenkins, Heather
Titel	Class warfare. Class, race, and college admissions in top-tier secondary schools.
Quelle	Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (2014), IX, 292 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9780226134895; 022613489X; 9780226134925; 022613492X; 9780226135083 (E-Book)
Schlagwörter	USA; Education, Secondary; Social aspects; United States; Upper class; Education; Universities and colleges; Admission; Social classes; Erziehung + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Secondary education; Secondary Education; Sekundarbereich; Social behavior; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; USA; Oberschicht; Bildung; Erziehung; University; Universities; College; Colleges; Universität; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Admission criteria; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Social class; Soziale Klasse
Abstract	Class, race, and college admissions in a changing US context -- Schooling in privileged spaces -- Class practices and the college process in a suburban, public high school: creating distinction around the highly selective college-going self -- Micromanaging the college admissions process: leaving nothing to chance at Matthews Academy -- "Outsiders within": relative opportunities for low-income black students in elite private secondary schools -- Race and class matters -- Class, race, and postsecondary destinations in new global circumstances -- Epilogue: details and reflections on theory and methods.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2014/3/09