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Is College Worth It? : Class and the Myth of the College Premium / Richard Ohmann and Ira Shor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ohmann, Richard M. (Richard Malin), 1931-2021, author.
- Shor, Ira, 1945- author.
- Series:
- Critical university studies.
- Critical University Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commercialism in schools--United States.
- Commercialism in schools.
- College costs--United States.
- College costs.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- College students--United States--Finance, Personal.
- College students.
- Universities and colleges--United States--Sociological aspects.
- Universities and colleges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Johns Hopkins University Press 2024
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "This work addresses how the titular question, in and of itself, facilitates the commercialization of higher education"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- A Note on the Making of This Book
- Preface. "Beauty of an Implied Collaboration," or How Dick Ohmann and I Made This Book
- Introduction. The Myth of the College Premium and Other Truisms of American Culture
- 1 The Costs and Benefits of College Education
- 2 Does Going to College Raise Lifetime Earnings?
- 3 What Makes People "Well-Off"-or Not?
- 4 Education for Jobs and Careers
- 5 The Payoff of College Education for the United States
- 6 At the End of the College Rainbow
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781421448817
- 1421448815
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