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Top student, top school? : how social class shapes where valedictorians go to college / Alexandria Walton Radford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]Description: xii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226041001 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/98 23
LOC classification:
  • LB 2350.5 R128t 2013
Contents:
Introduction: three valedictorians -- Predisposition: setting the course -- Preparation: paving the way -- Exploration: investigating college -- Application: choosing potential destinations -- Admissions: gaining permission to enter -- Matriculation: selecting among offers of admission -- Integrating it all: college destinations and the paths that lead to them -- Appendix A: List of most-selective colleges -- Appendix B: The high school valedictorian project social class variable -- Appendix C: Quantitative data collection -- Appendix D: The high school valedictorian project web survey -- Appendix E: The high school valedictorian project interview schedule.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 2350.5 R128t 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000140019

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-272) and index.

Introduction: three valedictorians -- Predisposition: setting the course -- Preparation: paving the way -- Exploration: investigating college -- Application: choosing potential destinations -- Admissions: gaining permission to enter -- Matriculation: selecting among offers of admission -- Integrating it all: college destinations and the paths that lead to them -- Appendix A: List of most-selective colleges -- Appendix B: The high school valedictorian project social class variable -- Appendix C: Quantitative data collection -- Appendix D: The high school valedictorian project web survey -- Appendix E: The high school valedictorian project interview schedule.

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