Inside the college gates : how class and culture matter in higher education / Jenny M. Stuber.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Inside the college gates: education as a social and cultural process -- 2. New student orientation: how class and culture matter for settling into college life -- 3. At the activities fair: how class and culture matter for becoming involved at college -- 4. Pulled in or pushed out?: How the Organizational Habitus matters for working-class students' extracurricular involvement -- 5. Ahead of the class?: The social class worldviews of upper-middle-class students -- 6. Class is in session: the social class worldviews of working-class students -- 7. Lessons learned: theoretical and practical conclusions.