College aspirations and access in working-class rural communities : the mixed signals, challenges, and new language first-generation students encounter /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ardoin, Sonja, author.
Imprint:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 125 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Social Class in Education
Subject:	Working class -- Education (Higher) -- United States. First-generation college students -- United States. Student aspirations -- United States. Academic language -- Study and teaching -- United States. First-generation college students. Student aspirations. Working class -- Education (Higher) United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13455162

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ISBN:	9781498536875 1498536875 9781498536868
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 03, 2018).
Summary:	This book explores how a working-class rural environment influences students' collegiate aspirations and access. Centered on a case study of the concepts of college knowledge and university jargon in rural public high schools, it offers analysis as well as strategies for helping students and counselors learn academic language.
Other form:	Print version: Ardoin, Sonja. College aspirations and access in working-class rural communities. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498536868

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