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Class and campus life : managing and experiencing inequality at an elite college / Elizabeth M. Lee.

Author/creator Lee, Elizabeth M., 1974- author.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental Content EBSCOhost
Subject(s)
Contents College plans, college dreams -- Scholarship girls : creating community and diversity on campus -- Are you my friend or are you classist? : confronting and avoiding inequality among peers -- Activism and representation : organizing class -- Silence vs. empowerment : class inequality in formal settings -- After college : class and mobility.
Abstract In 2015, the New York Times reported, "The bright children of janitors and nail salon workers, bus drivers and fast-food cooks may not have grown up with the edifying vacations, museum excursions, daily doses of NPR and prep schools that groom Ivy applicants, but they are coveted candidates for elite campuses." What happens to academically talented but economically challenged "first-gen" students when they arrive on campus? Class markers aren't always visible from a distance, but socioeconomic differences permeate campus life--and the inner experiences of students--in real and sometimes unexpected ways. In Class and Campus Life, Elizabeth M. Lee shows how class differences are enacted and negotiated by students, faculty, and administrators at an elite liberal arts college for women located in the Northeast.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageText in English.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Lee, Elizabeth M., 1974- Class and campus life. Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016 9780801453564
Genre/formCross-cultural studies.
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9781501703898 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1501703897 (electronic bk.)
Standard identifier# 10.7591/9781501703898
Stock number22573/ctt1fmxt8g JSTOR

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