Passing the torch : does higher education for the disadvantaged pay off across the generations? / Paul Attewell and David E. Lavin ; in collaboration with Thurston Domina and Tania Levey.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258) and index.
Contents
Passing the torch: an overview -- Thirty years later: educational attainments -- How families fared: the college payoff -- Breaking the cycle of disadvantage: maternal education and children's success -- How college changes a mother's parenting and affects her children's educational outcomes -- Dads and neighborhoods: their contributions to children's success -- Mass higher education and its critics -- The bottom line: the difference that open access makes.