Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality

by Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura Hamilton, Laura T. Hamilton

Book Overview

Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she lives in a fashionable apartment with her fianc . The other woman, saddled with burdensome debt and a low GPA, is still struggling to finish her degree in tourism. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is "worth it,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674088026
• ISBN13: 9780674088023
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"