The High Status Track: Studies of Elite Schools and Stratification - Couverture rigide

 
9780791400104: The High Status Track: Studies of Elite Schools and Stratification

Synopsis

The essays in this groundbreaking volume significantly advance our understanding of the process by which an elite school education provides graduates with distinctly favorable life chances. The authors examine the contemporary issue and controversy in the field of education (and society) which focuses on both the advantages and disadvantages of public versus private schooling. Those interested in issues of social stratification and its impact in the educational context will find this a useful and important contribution to the literature in the field.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Kingston is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. Lionel Lewis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at State University of New York at Buffalo.

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9780791400111: The High-Status Track: Studies of Elite Schools and Stratification

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0791400115 ISBN 13 :  9780791400111
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1990
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