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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454049003321

Autore

Aries Elizabeth

Titolo

Race and class matters at an elite college [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth Aries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-97327-0

1-59213-727-X

9786611973278

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

378.744/23

Soggetti

Private universities and colleges - Social aspects - Massachusetts - Amherst

Minority college students - Massachusetts - Amherst - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Becoming a more diverse college : challenges and benefits -- Investigating race and class matters on campus -- First encounters with race and class -- Negotiating class differences -- Relationships across race and class -- Learning from racial diversity -- Learning from class-based diversity -- Negotiating racial issues -- As the year ended -- Meeting the challenges of diversity -- Appendix A. On-line survey measures -- Appendix B. Interview questions.

Sommario/riassunto

In Race and Class Matters at an Elite College, Elizabeth Aries provides a rare glimpse into the challenges faced by black and white college students from widely different class backgrounds as they come to live together as freshmen. Based on an intensive study Aries conducted with 58 students at Amherst College during the 2005-2006 academic year, this book offers a uniquely personal look at the day-to-day thoughts and feelings of students as they experience racial and economic diversity firsthand, some for the first time.Through online questionnaires and face-to-face inter