Working-class minority students' routes to higher education / Roberta Espinoza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Espinoza, Roberta, author.

Series:

Routledge Research in Education

Routledge research in education ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.

Minorities.

Working class--Education (Higher)--United States.

Working class.

Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capital - examines the social relations that often underpin such successes, highlighting the significant formal and informal academic interventions by educators and other education professionals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Working-Class Minority Students' Routes to Higher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Foundation: Educational Social and Cultural Capital; 3 Pivotal Moments that Produce Habitus Change; 4 Educational Outcomes of a Hybrid Working-/Middle-Class Habitus; 5 The Transformative Power of Educators; 6 Educator-Student Relationships that Shape College Aspirations and Academic Success; 7 Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-25506-0

1-283-64280-8

0-203-10576-1

1-136-25507-9

9780203105764

OCLC:

812914853