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.
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ISBN:9780691164311
ISBN:0691164312
Physical Description:print ix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher:Princeton ;Princeton University Press,[2019]
Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-255) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Best-laid plans -- The model family -- Enmeshed autonomy -- Race and upward mobility -- Cultivating potential -- Conclusion: A right to the future.