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Working-Class Minority Students' Routes to Higher Education
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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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780415629652
- ISBN-10: 0415629659
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish Date: March 2015
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.35 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 162
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