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Author:

Tough, Paul, author.

Title:

The years that matter most : how college makes or breaks us / Paul Tough.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

viii, 390 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Universities and colleges--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Educational equalization.
College student orientation.
College students--Social conditions.
College students--Attitudes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-370) and index.

Contents:

Wanting in. Decision day ; The mobility equation -- Getting in. Stress test ; Income-typical behavior ; Taylorsville -- Fixing the test. Reputation management ; Test prep ; Blessed -- Fitting in. The outsider ; Roots ; Pedigree ; Thanksgiving -- Letting in. The admissions-industrial complex ; Going test-optional ; Trinity's problem -- Staying in. The graduation gap ; Belonging ; An intrusive culture -- Hanging on. Who needs college? ; Lower ed -- Getting an A. Ancestors ; What is X? ; Workshop mode -- After the war. The GI Bill ; Playing for first.

Summary:

"The best-selling author of How Children Succeed returns with a devastatingly powerful, mind-changing inquiry into higher education in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Can a college education today provide real opportunity to young Americans seeking to improve their station in life? Tough reveals how the landscape of higher education has shifted in recent decades, and exposes the hidden truths of how the system works and whom it works for. He introduces readers to the people who really make higher education go, while taking them on a journey from Ivy League seminar rooms to community college welding shops, from giant public flagship universities to tiny experimental storefront colleges. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN:

0544944488
9780544944480

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1080247689

LCCN:

2019013123

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USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)