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The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us by Paul Tough

5.0

College is supposed to be the path to social mobility in the United States, but that doesn't seem to be true any more. There are exceptions, but on average rich students go to elite schools and stay rich, middle class students go to non-elite schools and stay middle class, and poor students don't go to college or drop out with debt. Tough asks why this is happening, looking at everything from standardized testing and test prep to lack of funding to college rankings that reward enrolling rich students, focusing on the real lives of students. The Years That Matter Most strikes to the heart of what isn't working about college in America.