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- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Original Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780226829319
- Book Title
- Accidental Equalizer : How Luck Determines Pay after College
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Social Science, Education
- Topic
- Educational Policy & Reform / General, Sociology / General
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226829316
ISBN-13
9780226829319
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14061234346
Product Key Features
Book Title
Accidental Equalizer : How Luck Determines Pay after College
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Sociology / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Education
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-008562
Reviews
The book is packed with sociological thinking rather than sociological theories and concepts. It is well written and should provide undergraduates with many insights about all career phases, from the job search to the separation. Undergraduates will have many of their assumptions challenged, especially that inequalities at work may not be based on connections, skills, information, or knowledge, but on luck. 'Luckocracy' may be difficult to face. However, Streib makes a compelling argument that luck plays a larger role in decision-making than students have been taught to believe., We now know that a college education can limit inequalities related to class origin, but very few scholars have tried to explain why. Streib's engaging, provocative account seeks to answer this question. Rare is the book that challenges well-established beliefs shared by academics and policymakers. This one delivers., One of the biggest myths out there is that the job market, unlike other spheres of life, rewards merit. But it largely rewards luck. Most employers in large mid-tier markets are not seeking excellence. They just want reliable people who can do the job. And that is, in many ways, a good thing, argues sociologist Jessi Streib., Based on hundreds of interviews with business school graduates and the employers that subsequently hired them, Streib's book ultimately argues that college is not, in itself, the great equalizer; the impossible-to-navigate job market is., [Streib] examines an important segment of the labor market that gets relatively little attention: entry-level positions for midtier jobs . . . Far too much energy and ink are spent on who gets the most elite jobs, who goes to the most elite schools and how terribly unfair the whole process is. Little of that conversation describes the reality for most Americans. The role of the good-but-not-elite college affects far more people and gives us much more insight into the state of economic mobility than Ivy League statistics., Do children born into rich families always make more money than their less privileged counterparts? No! Streib shows that the market for college graduates is a booming-buzzing confusion of idiosyncratic standards, misinformation, and rushed decision-making--all of which undermine the iron law that 'class matters.' A striking demonstration that illicit advantage can be countered, provided that one's willing to infuse the market with lots of noise, luck, and chaos., That working-class students from state universities do just as well in the job market as better-off students is a remarkable outcome. Even more surprising is that the equalization is actually driven by hiring practices that are so opaque that the graduates are basically flipping coins trying to get hired. Streib's findings are enormously important for the 80% of all college students who attend those universities and the rocky start it gives their career.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
331.2973
Table Of Content
One: Introducing the Luckocracy Part I: Forming the Luckocracy Two: Hidden Information on Jobs and Pay Three: Hidden Information on Class-Neutral Hiring Criteria Part II: Playing the Game Four: Preparing for the Luckocracy Five: Searching for Jobs Part III: The Consequences and Continuation of the Luckocracy Six: The Consequences of the Luckocracy Seven: The Luckocracy, Redux Eight: Should We Keep America's Best Equalizing System? Acknowledgments Appendix A: Theoretical Contribution Appendix B: Data and Methods Appendix C: Interview Guides and Questionnaires Notes References Index
Synopsis
A startling discovery--that job market success after college is largely random--forces a reappraisal of education, opportunity, and the American dream. As a gateway to economic opportunity, a college degree is viewed by many as America's great equalizer. And it's true: wealthier, more connected, and seemingly better-qualified students earn exactly the same pay as their less privileged peers. Yet, the reasons why may have little to do with bootstraps or self-improvement--it might just be dumb luck. That's what sociologist Jessi Streib proposes in The Accidental Equalizer , a conclusion she reaches after interviewing dozens of hiring agents and job-seeking graduates. Streib finds that luck shapes the hiring process from start to finish in a way that limits class privilege in the job market. Employers hide information about how to get ahead and force students to guess which jobs pay the most and how best to obtain them. Without clear routes to success, graduates from all class backgrounds face the same odds at high pay. The Accidental Equalizer is a frank appraisal of how this "luckocracy" works and its implications for the future of higher education and the middle class. Although this system is far from eliminating American inequality, Streib shows that it may just be the best opportunity structure we have--for better and for worse.
LC Classification Number
HD6061.2.U5S87 2023
Copyright Date
2023
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