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Degrees of Inequality: Culture, Class, and Gender in American Higher Education By Ann. L Mullen, PhD (2009). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 248 pages.
The DKG Educators Award Committee selected Degrees of Inequality: Culture, Class, and Gender in American Higher Education by Ann. L. Mullen for the 2011 Educators Award, This award is given to a woman author, writing in 2010, whose book displays content that may influence the direction of thought and action necessary to meet the needs of todays complex society The content must be of more than local interest with relationship, direct or implied, to education everywhere.
Dr. Ann L. Mullen is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, where she teaches courses on education, inequality, and gender. She has a PhD in sociology from Yale University. Her current research focuses on the relationships between social inequality and higher education.
The book is of interest to teachers and educators at all levels. It deals with how social background and social capital influence educational attainment and the paths children take in their lives. The quality and quantity of one's family resources - economic, social, and cultural - contribute to all aspects of a student's educational progression and direction in life,
Dr, Mullen interviewed 50 students from Yale, an elite university, and 50 from Southern Connecticut State University, a...