Race, class, and choice in Latino/a higher education : pathways in the college-for-all era /

Race, class, and choice in Latino/a higher education : pathways in the college-for-all era /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ovink, Sarah M., author.
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature., [2017] © 2016, 2017.
Description:	xiii, 256 pages : some illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Social aspects. Hispanic Americans -- Education -- Economic aspects. Hispanic Americans -- Education -- History. Educational equalization. Hispanic American students. Hispanic Americans -- Education (Higher) California -- San Francisco Bay Area. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11320023

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ISBN:	9781137518859 (Hardcover : acid-free paper) 1137518855 (Hardcover : acid-free paper) 9781137518866 (eBook) 1137518866
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.
Summary:	This book is an in-depth study which examines the lives of fifty ambitious Latino/a high school seniors in the San Francisco East Bay Area, following their entrance into college and career pathways over several years. This book examines the social forces that contributed to near-universal college attendance among these mostly low-income Latinos/as, all of whom attended fairly typical public schools. In an era of increased economic insecurity, decreased funding for schools, and rising college tuition, this book provides a balanced look at the individual choices and systemic constraints influencing today's "college-for-all" orientation, while pointing the way toward possibilities for making college pathways smoother for all.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: pathways in the college-for-all era
California dreams: higher education in the Golden State
Limited options: choosing a two-year transfer pathway
"Getting it over with": choosing a four-year college
"I try not to think about it": college bound without citizenship
Gendered meaning in college choice
Conclusion: the meaning of college and the economics of choice.