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Working Class to College

Working Class to College

Dirk Johnson, Robert Owen Carr

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This book exposes an education class divide that is threatening the American dream of upward social mobility and sowing resentment among those shut out or staggering under crushing debt. The book addresses ways to reduce college costs and shares the inspiring accounts of those who have endured all sorts of hardship "homelessness, an incarcerated parent, dangerously low self-esteem--and fought their way to college and commencement.

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OL Work ID
OL27799922W

Subjects

Working class, educationEducation, higher, united statesEducational changeEducation and stateHigher EducationFinanceWorking classEducationBlue collar workersEducation (Higher)

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