Access to Inequality - Reconsidering Class, Knowledge, and Capital in Higher Education (Paperback)

Set against the backdrop of democratization, increased opportunity, and access, income-based gaps in college entry, persistence, and graduation continue to grow, underlining a deep contradiction within American higher education. In other words, despite the well-intended, now mature process of democratization, the postsecondary system is still charged with high levels of inequality. In the interest of uncovering the mechanisms through which democratization, as currently conceived, preserves and perpetuates inequality within the system of higher education, this book reconsiders the role of social class in the production and dissemination of knowledge, the valuation of cultural capital, and the reproduction of social inequalities. Drawing upon the author's year-long qualitative research study within one "democratized" institution of higher education and its associated art museum, Access to Inequality explores the vestiges of an exclusionary history within higher education and the art world-two related contexts that have arguably failed to adequately respond to the public's call to democratize.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Amy E. Stich
Dimensions:	229 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	148
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-9772-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-9772-X
Barcode:	9780739197721

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