Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege

Exploring Race and Class in Global Educational Economies
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-46607-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 257 g

Providing an extraordinary picture of the inner workings of elite universities, Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege draws on current debates on education and inequality and considers the relevance of universities’ global brand identities.

Using the work of Bourdieu and critical race theory to explore how identity, experience and family background affects how people navigate the social space of the university, this book is underpinned with empirical research that considers different social, economic and educational contexts. Using interview accounts of graduate students, this book highlights ambiguities in how eliteness works as both a recognisable marker of institutional status and a marker that is rarely quantified or defined.

Combining intellectually rigorous, accessible and controversial chapters, Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege is crucial reading for anyone looking to understand how race and class affect those navigating elite universities.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhopal, Kalwant

Myers, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors

Foreward

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. The Centrality of Elite Universities Within the Global Economy of Eliteness

3. Pathways to Elite Universities: Elite Schools, Wealth and Status

4. Degrees of Entitlement: Who Belongs and Who Does Not?

5. The Value of an Elite Degree

6. Race, Privilege and Inequality

7. Global Brands and the Field of Elite Universities

8. White Capital and the Maintenance of White Supremacy

9. Conclusions: Recognising the Unequal Field of Elite Universities

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kalwant Bhopal is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Director of the Centre for Research on Race and Education at the University of Birmingham.

Martin Myers is a sociologist of education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham.