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The impact of college diversity : struggles and successes at age 30 / Elizabeth Aries.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aries, Elizabeth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amherst College--Alumni and alumnae--Attitudes--Longitudinal studies.
- Amherst College.
- Amherst College--Alumni and alumnae--Social conditions--Longitudinal studies.
- Minority college graduates.
- College graduates.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Genre:
- Longitudinal studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "This book follows up with a cohort of graduates from a prestigious liberal arts college to evaluate the role their undergraduate education and especially their experiences encountering students from different racial and class backgrounds impacted their lives after graduation. Social mobility, workplace experience, and civic relationships are considered"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Genesis of the study and the age 30 follow-up
- The changing understanding of race and whiteness
- Learning from racial diversity
- Learning from class diversity
- Democracy outcomes
- The pathway to upward social mobility
- Bridging two worlds
- Race and class in the workplace
- Next steps
- Appendix A. Research methods
- Appendix B. Survey questions
- Appendix C. Interview questions
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Aries, Elizabeth The Impact of College Diversity
- ISBN:
- 9781439923207
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