Unequal Higher Education: Wealth , Status and Student Opportunity

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It is common knowledge that higher education in the United States serves as a means of achieving social mobility. However, the educational establishments that students choose to enroll in are extremely diverse from one another. On the other hand, some students are able to collect resources through research and/or enjoy great endowment savings, which subsequently compensate for the funds that students contribute. Tuition payments from students are a significant source of revenue for other educational institutions. It may be difficult for these schools to maintain their financial stability, and the majority of the academic expenses are typically borne by the students. In the book “Unequal Higher Education,” the authors search for and explain the factors that contribute to the stratification that exists between colleges and universities in the United States. In order to trace the outlines of this system, Barrett J. Taylor and Brendan Cantwell make use of quantitative analysis. After that, they provide an explanation of the mechanisms that maintain it and highlight the ways in which rising institutional inequality has constrained individual opportunity, particularly for students of color and persons with low incomes.