Armstrong, Elizabeth A.

Paying for the party : how college maintains inequality / Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Laura T. Hamilton. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2015. - xv, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The women -- The party pathway -- Rush and the party scene -- The floor -- Socialites and wannabes: fit and misfit with the party pathway -- Strivers, creaming, and the blocked mobility pathway -- Achievers, underachievers, and the professional pathway -- College pathways and post-college prospects -- Politics and pathways.

9780674088023 (pbk)


Women college students--Social conditions.--United States
Educational sociology--United States.
Public universities and colleges--United States.
Mujeres estudiantes universitarias--Condiciones sociales--Estados Unidos.
Sociología de la educación--Estados Unidos.
Universidades públicas--Estados Unidos.

LC 1756 / A735p 2015

378.19822