Literary Review #3
Citation
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Armstrong, Elizabeth and Laura Hamilton. Paying
for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP,
2013. Print.
Summary:
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Elizabeth Armstrong and
Laura Hamilton describe how social class is able to hinder or enable students
to make certain choices during their college years. Armstrong and Hamilton describe how some
students are able to get more involved in the college life because they are
around on campus action all the time.
Although these students are able to get directly involved in social
connection on campus, the effects of partying constantly may create a strain on
their academic achievement. Being a
commuter creates more of a struggle to become involved, but it may allow the
student to focus more on their academics instead of partying too much with
their peers.
Author(s):
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Elizabeth Armstrong and
Laura Hamilton
Key terms:
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College, College Dorms,
College Life
Quotes:
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,“Social networks are one of the most critical conduits for
information. Students without many friends are less likely to learn about an
exciting major, critical deadline, fraternities (due to reputations for sexual
assault), good places to park, or opportunities for internships,” (Hamilton and
Armstrong 113).
Value:
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This
article has specific parts that speak about the life that college students live
while living on campus. It speaks about
the pros and cons of life on campus, which can be compared to living off campus
as a commuter.
You might look at more of the book than the excerpt we discussed. But you seem to be in compare / contrast mode. I'd like to see more of an emerging argument here. How will you use this source? Perhaps you could use their discussion of problems that students have in dorms to help make the case that students who are less affluent -- who are also the most likely to commute -- might be better off commuting than living in the dorm because the issues of social isolation that commuters face are also faced by less affluent students in the dorms. Basically, living on campus does not make you more social, according to A+H, so there is not necessarily an advantage to living on campus for less affluent students, especially when you consider the costs involved.
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