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The years that matter most : how college makes or breaks us Cover Image Book Book

The years that matter most : how college makes or breaks us / Paul Tough.

Tough, Paul, (author.).

Summary:

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

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544944480
  • ISBN: 0544944488
  • Physical Description: viii, 390 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-370) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Subject: Universities and colleges > Admission > Social aspects.
Educational equalization.
College student orientation.
College students > Social conditions.
College students > Attitudes.
Social Science / Social Classes.
Education / Higher.
History / Social History.

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  • 4 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System.

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Hood River County Library 378.198 TOU 2019 (Text) 33892100635110 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
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