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Race, Class, and Choice in Latino/a Higher Education: Pathways in the College-for-All Era

By Sarah M Ovink (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2017
ISBN
978-1-137-51885-9, 978-1-137-51886-6
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-51886-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2740955 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XIII, 256\264
Time added
2017-04-19 23:43:45
Higher Education;International and Comparative EduSocial Inequality;Educational Policy and Politics;

Description

This book is an in-depth study which examines the lives of fifty ambitious Latino/a high school seniors in the San Francisco East Bay Area, following their entrance into college and career pathways over several years. This book examines the social forces that contributed to near-universal college attendance among these mostly low-income Latinos/as, all of whom attended fairly typical public schools. In an era of increased economic insecurity, decreased funding for schools, and rising college tuition, this book provides a balanced look at the individual choices and systemic constraints influencing today’s “college-for-all” orientation, while pointing the way toward possibilities for making college pathways smoother for all.

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