Inequality Machine
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A readable kiss-and-tell study . . . Tough finds that higher education, which has the potential to increase upward mobility, has become an obstacle that perpetuates social rigidity. The poor remain poor and the rich get richer . . . this study is laced with deep anger.
» Times Higher Education
A damning expose of how the university system ingrains privilege and injustice at every level of American society. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 432
- ISBN
- 9781784756376
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«
A readable kiss-and-tell study . . . Tough finds that higher education, which has the potential to increase upward mobility, has become an obstacle that perpetuates social rigidity. The poor remain poor and the rich get richer . . . this study is laced with deep anger.
» Times Higher Education
«Humanizes the process of higher education . . . Fascinating stories about efforts to remediate class disparities in higher education»
New Yorker
«[Tough] writes movingly about students who are trying to navigate the confounding, expensive, and intimidating process of getting into and staying in college.»
WIRED
«Important . . . Among his book's many vital contributions are its portraits of schools and programs that model a better way.»
New York Times
«Paul Tough is a beautiful reporter and writer and a deeply moral guide to understanding the situation of children in our heartless meritocracy . . . A great book that should start a necessary conversation.»
George Packer, author of THE UNWINDING