Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education.

Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education.

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Main Author: Freudenberg, William R.
Other Authors: Youn, Ted
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016.
Series:Research in social problems and public policy.
Subjects:
Democracy and education.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Higher education and state.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Educational strategies & policy.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Democracy and education
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Higher education and state
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Expansion of Higher Education; Effects of the Expansion of Higher Education; References; The Intersection of Student Loans and Social Class: Exploring Borrowers' Journeys into Debt and Repayment; Federal Approach to College Affordability and Financial Aid; The Challenging Task of Figuring Out Higher Education Costs: Differences in Financial Aid Perceptions and Advice; The Promise of Borrowing and Attainment of Cultural Capital; Loans and Impact on Early Careers.
  • Conceptual Framework: Cultural Capital, Habitus, and the Meaning of Money and CollegeMethods; Recruiting and Procedures; Analysis; Validity; Participants; Limitations of the Study; Results; Newcomers: First-Generation Students Charting Their Own Path; Insiders: Highly Knowledgeable about College; Entrepreneurs: Strategically Enhancing Their Cultural Capital; New Money: Affluent First-Generation Students; Entry into Debt: Factors Influencing Student Indebtedness; Meaning of College; The Meaning of Money to Borrowers; Parental Influence and Contribution to Their College Education.
  • Newcomers' Parents: Encouraging Some Students in Nonfinancial WaysInsiders' Parents: Providing Financial and Nonfinancial Resources; Entrepreneurs' Parents: Involved in Developing Their Children's High Academic Skills and Expectations; New Moneys' Parents: Varied Attitudes toward College and Money; Completion of Financial Aid Forms; Rising Tuition Prices and Only Thinking One Year's Tuition at a Time; Missed Opportunities: School Assistance with Financial Aid; Summing Up Entry into Debt; Into Borrowers' Lives: The College Experience.
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind: College as a Time to Focus on Goals, Not DebtNewcomers: Acutely Aware of
  • and Pained by
  • Their Finances and Student Debt; Maximizing Loans and Using Private Loans for a Comfortable Lifestyle; Rude Awakenings: When Financial Aid Packages Unexpectedly Change; Supports from the Financial Aid Office; Summing Up Borrowers' College Experience; Borrowers' Transition into the Workforce; Diverging Outcomes: Newcomers' Challenging Experiences in the Workforce and Deferment of Graduate School; Insiders' Job Offers and Graduate School Experiences.
  • Entrepreneurs' Post-Graduation Experiences: Graduate School and Careful Money ManagementNew Moneys' Post-College Experiences; Psychological Effects of Debt; Summing Up Debt Post-Graduation; Discussion; Implications for Practice and Policy; Conclusion; References; Cooling Out and Leveled Aspirations among Low-Income University STEM Students; Literature Review; Cooling-Out; Persistence; STEM Aspirations; Dreams Leveled or Maintained; Methods; Participants; Analysis; Limitations; Findings; A Dream Leveled; A Dream Maintained; Discussion; Conclusion; References.

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