Race, Class, and Choice in Latino/a Higher Education Pathways in the College-for-All Era /

• Main Author: Ovink, Sarah M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Ethnology > Latin America.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Ethnicity.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Latin American Culture.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Ethnicity Studies.

This book is an in-depth study which examines the lives of fifty ambitious Latino/a high school seniors in the San Francisco East Bay Area, following their entrance into college and career pathways over several years. This book examines the social forces that contributed to near-universal college at...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Pathways in the College-for-All Era
• Chapter 1: California Dreams: Higher Education in the Golden State
• Chapter 2: Limited Options: Choosing a Two-Year Transfer Pathway
• Chapter 3: “Getting it Over With:” Choosing a Four-Year College
• Chapter 4: “I Try Not to Think About It:” College-Bound without Citizenship
• Chapter 5: Gendered Meanings in College Choice Conclusion: The Meaning of College and the Economics of Choice
• Appendix A: Notes on the Field
• Appendix B: Interview Sample Demographics, College Pathways and Career Interests Across Interview Waves
• References
• Index. .