"With great compassion and analytical rigor, Cottom questions the fundamental narrative of American education policy, that a postsecondary degree always guarantees a better life.." --The New York Times Book Review
More than two million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges, from the small family-run operations to the behemoths brandished on billboards, subway ads, and late-night commercials. These schools have been around just as long as their bucolic not-for-profit counterparts, yet shockingly little is known about why they have expanded so rapidly in...
"With great compassion and analytical rigor, Cottom questions the fundamental narrative of American education policy, that a postsecondary degr...
This is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it. It includes problems of the digital age in relation to inequality and identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of courses.
This is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it....
The chapters include discussions of inequality, stratification, and legitimacy, differing greatly from other work on for-profit colleges in three ways: First, this volume moves beyond rational choice explanations of for-profit expansion to include critical theoretical work.
The chapters include discussions of inequality, stratification, and legitimacy, differing greatly from other work on for-profit colleges in three ways...
