Working-Class Minority Students' Routes to Higher Education: 81

While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book – based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capital – examines the social relations that often underpin such successes, highlighting the significant formal and informal academic interventions by educators and other education professionals.