Passing the torch : does higher education for the disadvantaged pay off across the generations?
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- ISBN: 0871540371
- ISBN: 9780871540379
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Physical Description:
xviii, 268 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2007.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ch. 1. Passing the torch : an overview -- Ch. 2. Thirty years later : educational attainments -- Ch. 3. How families fared : the college payoff -- Ch. 4. Breaking the cycle of disadvantage : maternal education and children's success -- Ch. 5. How college changes a mother's parenting and affects her children's educational outcomes -- Ch. 6. Dads and neighborhoods : their contributions to children's success -- Ch. 7. Mass higher education and its critics -- Ch. 8. The bottom line : the difference that open access makes. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Vancouver Campus | LC4069.6 .A87 2007 (Text) | 227176 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |