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The years that matter most : how college makes or breaks us
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The years that matter most : how college makes or breaks us / Paul Tough.
ISBN
9780544944480
0544944488
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
viii, 390 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"The best-selling author of How Children Succeed returns with a devastatingly powerful, mind-changing inquiry into higher education in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Can a college education today provide real opportunity to young Americans seeking to improve their station in life? Tough reveals how the landscape of higher education has shifted in recent decades, and exposes the hidden truths of how the system works and whom it works for. He introduces readers to the people who really make higher education go, while taking them on a journey from Ivy League seminar rooms to community college welding shops, from giant public flagship universities to tiny experimental storefront colleges. -- adapted from jacket
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How college makes or breaks us
Other formats
Online version: Tough, Paul, author. Years that matter most Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 11, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-370) and index.
Contents
Wanting in. Decision day ; The mobility equation
Getting in. Stress test ; Income-typical behavior ; Taylorsville
Fixing the test. Reputation management ; Test prep ; Blessed
Fitting in. The outsider ; Roots ; Pedigree ; Thanksgiving
Letting in. The admissions-industrial complex ; Going test-optional ; Trinity's problem
Staying in. The graduation gap ; Belonging ; An intrusive culture
Hanging on. Who needs college? ; Lower ed
Getting an A. Ancestors ; What is X? ; Workshop mode
After the war. The GI Bill ; Playing for first.
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