| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Introduction: three valedictorians -- Predisposition: setting the course -- Preparation: paving the way -- Exploration: investigating college -- Application: choosing potential destinations -- Admissions: gaining permission to enter -- Matriculation: selecting among offers of admission -- Integrating it all: college destinations and the paths that lead to them -- Appendix A: List of most-selective colleges -- Appendix B: The high school valedictorian project social class variable -- Appendix C: Quantitative data collection -- Appendix D: The high school valedictorian project web survey -- Appendix E: The high school valedictorian project interview schedule |
| Summary |
Most of us think that valedictorians can write their own ticket. By reaching the top of their class they have proven their merit, so their next logical step should be to attend the nation's very best universities. Yet in Top Student, Top School?, Alexandria Walton Radford reveals that many valedictorians do not enroll in prestigious institutions. Employing an original five-state study that surveyed nine hundred public high school valedictorians, she sets out to determine when and why valedictorians end up at less selective schools, showing that social class makes all the difference |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
College choice -- Social aspects -- United States
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Educational sociology -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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College choice -- Social aspects
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Educational sociology
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012043205 |
| ISBN |
9781299474796 |
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1299474799 |
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022604114X |
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9780226041148 |
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