Race and class matters at an elite college / Elizabeth Aries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aries, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private universities and colleges--Social aspects--Massachusetts--Amherst--Case studies.

Private universities and colleges.

Minority college students--Massachusetts--Amherst--Social conditions--Case studies.

Minority college students.

Amherst College--Freshmen--Social conditions--Case studies.

Amherst College.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 234 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Race and Class Matters at an Elite College, Elizabeth Aries provides a rare glimpse into the challenges faced by black and white college students from widely different class backgrounds as they come to live together as freshmen. Based on an intensive study Aries conducted with 58 students at Amherst College during the 2005-2006 academic year, this book offers a uniquely personal look at the day-to-day thoughts and feelings of students as they experience racial and economic diversity firsthand, some for the first time.

Contents:

Becoming a more diverse college : challenges and benefits

Investigating race and class matters on campus

First encounters with race and class

Negotiating class differences

Relationships across race and class

Learning from racial diversity

Learning from class-based diversity

Negotiating racial issues

As the year ended

Meeting the challenges of diversity

Appendix A. On-line survey measures

Appendix B. Interview questions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-230) and index.

ISBN:

9786611973278

9781281973276

1281973270

9781592137275

159213727X

OCLC:

437247319