Amplified Advantage - Going to a Good College in an Era of Inequality

Amplified Advantage investigates the value and impact of today's small liberal arts colleges on the students who attend them. It adds to our understanding of how class works, the impact of parents and families on social reproduction, and the consequences of attending a "good college" in an era of inequality.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: A Short History of Higher Education and the Small Liberal Arts College in the US
Chapter Three: Orientation: Understanding Who Goes to Small Liberal Arts Colleges and Why?
Chapter Four: Agency and Constraint in the College Selection Process
Chapter Five: Paying for College
Chapter Six: Learning the Liberal Arts: The Curriculum
Chapter Seven: Living the Liberal Arts: Campus Life
Chapter Eight: Outside the College Gates
Chapter Nine: Graduating (in a Recession)
Chapter Ten: Conclusion: Habitus, Capitals, Game
Appendix: The School to Work Study
Notes
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Allison L. Hurst

Product details

• Authors: Allison L. Hurst
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781498589659
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8965-9
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Social Class in Education
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system