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1 online resource (vii, 204 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file PDF |
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polychrome |
| Series |
The American campus
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American campus.
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| Summary |
"American higher education is often understood as a vehicle for social advancement. However, the institutions at which students enroll differ widely from one another. Some enjoy tremendous endowment savings and/or collect resources via research, which then offsets the funds that students contribute. Other institutions rely heavily on student tuition payments. These schools may struggle to remain solvent, and their students often bear the lion's share of educational costs. Unequal Higher Education identifies and explains the sources of stratification that differentiate colleges and universities in the United States. Barrett J. Taylor and Brendan Cantwell use quantitative analysis to map the contours of this system. They then explain the mechanisms that sustain it and illustrate the ways in which rising institutional inequality has limited individual opportunity, especially for students of color and low-income individualsâ‚Ť"-- From publisher's website. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The roots of unequal higher education -- A field account of unequal higher education -- Mapping unequal higher education -- Unequal public higher education: stratification and drift -- Unequal private higher education: persistent inequalities -- Unequal higher education and student opportunity -- Consequences of unequal higher education: student success and mortgaged futures -- Contesting unequal higher education. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Universities and colleges. |
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United States. |
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Evaluation. |
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance.
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Finance. |
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College costs -- United States.
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College costs. |
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects.
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects. |
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects. |
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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Educational equalization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cantwell, Brendan, 1980- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taylor, Barrett Jay. Unequal higher education. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2019] 9780813593494 (DLC) 2018032219 (OCoLC)1054372470 |
| ISBN |
9780813593531 (electronic book) |
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0813593530 (electronic book) |
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9780813593494 |
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0813593492 |
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9780813593500 |
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0813593506 |
| Standard No. |
10.36019/9780813593531 |
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