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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Allison L Hurst, Allison L. Hurst
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781498589673
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8967-3
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Social Class in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Curriculum planning & development, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational: Art & design, Educational: Social sciences, Educational: Arts, general, Curriculum planning and development, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General