Working-Class Minority Students' Routes to Higher Education

By Roberta Espinoza

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415629659
• ISBN13: 9780415629652
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"