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Amplified Advantage - Going to a "Good" College in an Era of Inequality (Paperback)
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Amplified Advantage - Going to a "Good" College in an Era of Inequality (Paperback)
Series: Social Class in Education
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Amplified Advantage investigates the value and impact of today's
small liberal arts colleges through an extended examination of a
recent cohort of students attending them. It demonstrates how these
colleges sometimes succeed and sometimes fail in equalizing the
experience of all their students. But there is more to the book
than that. Although primarily an account of life and learning at
small liberal arts colleges in the US today, scholars will find
much of theoretical interest underlying the account. The context of
the small liberal arts college is used to unpack how class works.
Unlike many other books written about class in college, Amplified
Advantage is not exclusively focused on how some students fare less
well than their peers, but rather how all students' strategies are
affected by their past experiences and classed expectations,
particularly in the context of growing inequality. Amplified
Advantage draws on Bourdieu's theory of class, particularly his
concepts of capitals operating in a field, and habitus as way of
understanding agent's structured but generative choices, to
demonstrate how inequalities are met, resisted, and ultimately
reproduced across generations. Chapter by chapter, the book lays
out the many ways that class continues to play a role in the
college experience, from choosing a major, to frequency of faculty
interaction, to participation in the extra-curriculum. The last
chapters demonstrate the differential burden of debt on graduates
and the impact of varied parental support after graduation.
Amplified Advantages adds to our understanding of how class works,
the impact of parents and families on social reproduction, and the
ways that colleges and universities can contribute to or reduce
inequalities.
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