Lexington Books
Pages: 302
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-8965-9 • Hardback • October 2019 • $95.00 • (£65.00)
978-1-4985-8966-6 • eBook • October 2019 • $90.00 • (£60.00)
Allison L. Hurst is associate professor of sociology at Oregon State University.
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: A Short History of Higher Education and the Small Liberal Arts College in the US
Chapter Three: Orientation: Understanding Who Goes to Small Liberal Arts Colleges and Why?
Chapter Four: Agency and Constraint in the College Selection Process
Chapter Five: Paying for College
Chapter Six: Learning the Liberal Arts: The Curriculum
Chapter Seven: Living the Liberal Arts: Campus Life
Chapter Eight: Outside the College Gates
Chapter Nine: Graduating (in a Recession)
Chapter Ten: Conclusion: Habitus, Capitals, Game
Appendix: The School to Work Study
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Hurst builds on her celebrated history of explaining how class works at college. Her newest book turns our attention to liberal arts colleges – where class plays out in predictable and unpredictable ways.
— Jessi Streib, Author of The Power of the Past: Understanding Cross-Class Marriages
Amplified Advantage is essential reading for all those concerned about inequalities in higher education. Richly theorised, evocatively reflexive, and beautifully written, the book captures and sustains the reader's interest through a rich synergy of qualitative and quantitative research that weaves together the lived experiences of young people in higher education. Its powerful and provocative message that a university degree is no longer enough to redress social class inequalities is one we all need to heed.
— Diane Reay, University of Cambridge