Degrees of Risk by Blake R. Silver PAPERBACK 9780226834764

Degrees of Risk\nby Blake R. Silver\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Blake R. Silver\nTitle: Degrees of Risk\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press\nPublication year: 2024\nISBN-13: 9780226834764\nISBN-10: 022683476X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nAn ethnographic analysis of how insecurity is at the heart of contemporary higher education.\nInstitutions of higher education are often described as ivory towers, places of privilege where students exist in a campus bubble, insulated from the trials of the outside world. These metaphors reveal a widespread belief that college provides young people with stability and keeps insecurity at bay. But for many.