Degrees of inequality : culture, class, and gender in American higher education

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Mullen, Ann L., 1966-

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"Degrees of inequality reveals the powerful patterns of social inequality in American higher education by analyzing how the social background of students shapes nearly every facet of the college ex...

"Degrees of inequality reveals the powerful patterns of social inequality in American higher education by analyzing how the social background of students shapes nearly every facet of the college experience. Interviews with 100 students at Yale and Southern Connecticut State University highlight how American higher education reinforces the very inequalities it has been aiming to transcend."--Back cover.

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