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Degrees of inequality : how the politics of higher education sabotaged the American dream / Suzanne Mettler ; Trish Wilkinson, design.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mettler, Suzanne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Once a sure path to the American Dream, college is now creating a caste system within American society
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Creating Degrees of Inequality; 2. Diminishing Returns: The Transformation of Federal Student Aid over Time; 3. ""Unscrupulous Profiteers"": The Struggle to Reform the For-Profit Colleges; 4. From Pioneer to Slacker: The Rise and Decline of American Public Higher Education; 5. Opportune Moments: Reform on the Agenda; 6. How Money Talks: Political Influence in the Struggle to Regulate the For-Profits; 7. Restoring the Public Purposes of Higher Education; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-465-07200-3
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