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Description
ix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-255) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Best-laid plans -- The model family -- Enmeshed autonomy -- Race and upward mobility -- Cultivating potential -- Conclusion: A right to the future.
Summary
Taking readers into the homes of middle-class families to reveal the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed family life, the author describes the profound moral conflicts for parents who take on enormous debts and gamble on an investment that might not pay off.