LEADER 04243nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910811326403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07354-1 010 $a0-674-07351-7 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674073517 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039468 035 $a(EBL)3301285 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860604 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464846 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860604 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10896219 035 $a(PQKB)11157553 035 $a(DE-B1597)209802 035 $a(OCoLC)835981148 035 $a(OCoLC)979575484 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674073517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301285 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10679067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301285 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039468 100 $a20121005d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPaying for the party $ehow college maintains inequality /$fElizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura T. Hamilton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Massachusetts $cHarvard University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (344 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-08802-6 311 $a0-674-04957-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tFigures and Tables --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1 The Women --$t2 The Party Pathway --$t3 Rush and the Party Scene --$t4 The Floor --$t5 Socialites, Wannabes, and Fit with the Party Pathway --$t6 Strivers, Creaming, and the Blocked Mobility Pathway --$t7 Achievers, Underachievers, and the Professional Pathway --$t8 College Pathways and Post- College Prospects --$t9 Politics and Pathways --$tAPPENDIX A: Participants --$tAPPENDIX B: Studying Social Class --$tAPPENDIX C: Data Collection, Analysis, and Writing --$tAPPENDIX D: Ethical Considerations --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aTwo young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she lives in a fashionable apartment with her fiancé. The other woman, saddled with burdensome debt and a low GPA, is still struggling to finish her degree in tourism. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and mounting concern over whether college is "worth it," Paying for the Party is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in vivid detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it. Drawing on findings from a five-year interview study, Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura Hamilton bring us to the campus of "MU," a flagship Midwestern public university, where we follow a group of women drawn into a culture of status seeking and sororities. Mapping different pathways available to MU students, the authors demonstrate that the most well-resourced and seductive route is a "party pathway" anchored in the Greek system and facilitated by the administration. This pathway exerts influence over the academic and social experiences of all students, and while it benefits the affluent and well-connected, Armstrong and Hamilton make clear how it seriously disadvantages the majority. Eye-opening and provocative, Paying for the Party reveals how outcomes can differ so dramatically for those whom universities enroll. 606 $aEducational sociology$zUnited States 606 $aPublic universities and colleges$zUnited States 606 $aWomen college students$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 615 0$aEducational sociology 615 0$aPublic universities and colleges 615 0$aWomen college students$xSocial conditions. 676 $a378.19822 700 $aArmstrong$b Elizabeth A$01662400 701 $aHamilton$b Laura T$g(Laura Teresa)$01755658 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811326403321 996 $aPaying for the party$94192538 997 $aUNINA