Books on Social Class and Higher Education
(Alphabetical order)
Ardoin, S. & martinez, b. (2019). Straddling class in the academy: 26 stories of students, administrators, and faculty from poor and working class backgrounds and their compelling lessons for higher education policy and practice. Stylus Publishing.
Calarco, J. M. (2018). Negotiating opportunities: How the middle class secures advantages in school. Oxford University Press.
Goldrick-Rab, S. (2016). Paying the price: College costs, financial aid, and the betrayal of the American Dream. University of Chicago Press.
Jack, A. A. (2019). The privileged poor: How elite colleges are failing disadvantaged students. Harvard University Press.
Landers, K. H. (2018). Postsecondary education for first-generation and low-income students in the Ivy League: Navigating policy and practice. Palgrave Macmillan.
Massey, D. S., Charles, C. Z., Lundy, G., & Fischer, M. J. (2003). The source of the river: The social origins of freshmen at America’s selective colleges and universities. Princeton University Press.