Passing the Torch: Does Higher Education for the Disadvantaged Pay Off Across the Generations?

by David E. Lavin and Paul Attewell

Book Overview

The steady expansion of college enrollment rates over the last generation has been heralded as a major step toward reducing chronic economic disparities. But many of the policies that broadened access to higher education--including affirmative action, open admissions, and need-based financial aid--have come under attack in recent years by critics alleging that schools are admitting unqualified students who are unlikely to benefit from a college...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087154038X
• ISBN13: 9780871540386
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"