TY - GEN T1 - Class and campus life : managing and experiencing inequality at an elite college A1 - Lee, Elizabeth M., 1974- LA - English PP - Ithaca PB - ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press YR - 2016 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn946725850 AB - In 2015, the New York Times reported, "The bright children of janitors and nail salon workers, bus drivers and fast-food cooks may not have grown up with the edifying vacations, museum excursions, daily doses of NPR and prep schools that groom Ivy applicants, but they are coveted candidates for elite campuses." What happens to academically talented but economically challenged "first-gen" students when they arrive on campus? Class markers aren't always visible from a distance, but socioeconomic differences permeate campus life--and the inner experiences of students--in real and sometimes unexpected ways. In Class and Campus Life, Elizabeth M. Lee shows how class differences are enacted and negotiated by students, faculty, and administrators at an elite liberal arts college for women located in the Northeast CN - LC1756 .L39 2016eb SN - 9781501703898 SN - 1501703897 SN - 9780801453564 SN - 0801453569 SN - 9781501703119 SN - 1501703110 KW - Women college students : United States : Social conditions. KW - Students with social disabilities : Education (Higher) : United States. KW - Elite (Social sciences) : Education (Higher) : United States. KW - Class consciousness : United States. KW - Women's colleges : United States. KW - Intercultural communication : United States. KW - College environment : United States. KW - Educational sociology : United States : Cross-cultural studies. KW - Étudiantes : États-Unis : Conditions sociales. KW - Conscience de classe : États-Unis. KW - Collèges féminins : États-Unis. KW - Milieu universitaire : États-Unis. KW - Sociologie de l'éducation : États-Unis : Études transculturelles. KW - Communication interculturelle : États-Unis. KW - EDUCATION : Higher. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Social Classes. KW - Class consciousness KW - College environment KW - Educational sociology KW - Intercultural communication KW - Women college students : Social conditions KW - Women's colleges KW - United States KW - Electronic books. KW - Cross-cultural studies ER -