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100 1 _aMettler, Suzanne.
245 1 0 _aDegrees of inequality :
_bhow the politics of higher education sabotaged the American dream /
_cSuzanne Mettler.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
_c[2014]
300 _aviii, 261 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one in which a college degree benefits only to those in the top income brackets. In Degrees of Inequality, acclaimed political scientist Suzanne Mettler explains why the system has gone so horribly wrong and why the American Dream is increasingly out of reach for so many. In her eye-opening account, Mettler illuminates how political partisanship has overshadowed America's commitment to equal access to higher education. As politicians capitulate to corporate interests, owners of for-profit colleges benefit, but many of their students gain little aside from massive student loan debt. Meanwhile the nation's public universities have shifted the burden of rising costs onto students, and skyrocketing tuition fees make it increasingly difficult for students to finish their degrees. A comprehensive examination of how politicians have failed our students and our highest ideals as a nation, Degrees of Inequality is clarion call for education reform. "--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducation, Higher
_xEconomic aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducational change
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
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650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aEDUCATION / Higher.
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