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Author Tough, Paul, author.

Title The years that matter most : how college makes or breaks us / Paul Tough.

Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.

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 Bailey Nonfiction  378.1 TOUGH    AVAILABLE  
 Belfast Non Fiction  378.198 TOU    AVAILABLE  
 Camden PL At Work  378.1 Tou    AVAILABLE  
 Falmouth ML Non Fiction  378.1 Tou    AVAILABLE  
 Gray PL Nonfiction  378.1 TOU    AVAILABLE  
 Kennebunk Adult Non-Fiction  378.19 TOUGH, P.    AVAILABLE  
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Physical Description viii, 390 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-370) and index.
Contents Wanting in. Decision day ; The mobility equation -- Getting in. Stress test ; Income-typical behavior ; Taylorsville -- Fixing the test. Reputation management ; Test prep ; Blessed -- Fitting in. The outsider ; Roots ; Pedigree ; Thanksgiving -- Letting in. The admissions-industrial complex ; Going test-optional ; Trinity's problem -- Staying in. The graduation gap ; Belonging ; An intrusive culture -- Hanging on. Who needs college? ; Lower ed -- Getting an A. Ancestors ; What is X? ; Workshop mode -- After the war. The GI Bill ; Playing for first.
Summary "The best-selling author of How Children Succeed returns with a devastatingly powerful, mind-changing inquiry into higher education in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Universities and colleges -- Admission -- Social aspects.
Educational equalization.
College student orientation.
College students -- Social conditions.
College students -- Attitudes.