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Why working-class youth don't finish college—and what can make the difference.
Headlines proclaim that girls are displacing boys in college. But that's not the whole story. Drawing on a landmark decade-long study of more than three thousand young Americans and the personal stories behind the numbers, Ilana M. Horwitz and Kaylee T. Matheny reveal that among working-class families, boys disengage early from school, disconnecting from the adults and institutions that could keep them on track. While girls persist through school longer, they are slowly worn down by the competing demands of work and family. The result: Fewer than one in five working-class youth earn a college degree, regardless of gender.
Whether working-class kids earn a degree isn't simply about aspirations, finances, or biology. It's about how the adults and institutions surrounding young people either anchor the path to a degree or make the climb impossible. Burnt Out and Left Behind is about the nurses, teachers, and engineers we never got because we left young people to navigate college on their own—and what becomes possible when someone is there to guide their way.
Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1
1. The Landscape They Inherited
2. Boys Without Safety Nets
3. Girls with Heavy Packs
4. Buffered Climbs and Cushioned Falls
Part 2
5. Coming of Age in Collapse
6. Men Untethered
7. The Weight Women Carry
8. Lessons from the Mountain
Appendix A: Methodological Overview
Appendix B: Demographic Overview
Appendix C: Evidence of Relational Stability
Appendix D: Evidence of the Early Onset of Despair
Appendix E: Evidence of the Cycling Pattern
Notes
References
Index
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