The Working Classes and Higher Education: Inequality of Access, Opportunity and Outcome

Though traditional working-class jobs now demand higher levels of education, educational policies make it increasingly difficult for working-class students to afford tuition at four-year colleges and universities, placing them in low-ranking institutions with plummeting retention and completion rates. Through a sociological framework, this volume challenges the popular notion of higher education access as a means to social mobility and equal opportunity for working-class students. It highlights the successes of working-class students within the constraints and obstacles presented by the current structure of the higher education system.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138085995
• ISBN13: 9781138085992
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"