Although higher education scholars are increasingly exploring disparities within institutions, they have yet to examine how parental involvement contributes to social-class variation in students’ experiences. We ask, what role do parents play in producing divergent college experiences for students from different class backgrounds? Relying on interviews with 41 families, including mothers, fathers, and their daughters, we find that affluent parents serve as a ‘‘college concierge,’’ using class resources to provide youth with academic, social, and career support and access to exclusive university infrastructure. Less affluent parents, instead, describe themselves as ‘‘outsiders’’ who are unable to help their offspring and find the university unresponsive to their needs. Our findings suggest that affluent parents distinguish their children’s college experiences from those of peers, extending ‘‘effectively maintained inequality’’ beyond the K-12 education. Universities may be receptive of these efforts due to funding shifts that make recruiting affluent, out-of-state families desirable.

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提供“提法”：大学的父母参与和机会Op积

尽管高等教育学者越来越多地探索机构内部的差异，但他们尚未研究父母的参与如何导致学生体验中的社会阶层差异。我们问，在为不同班级背景的学生提供不同的大学经历方面，父母扮演什么角色？依靠对41个家庭的采访，包括母亲，父亲和他们的女儿，我们发现富裕的父母充当“学院礼宾”，利用课堂资源为青年提供学术，社会和职业支持，并获得独家大学基础设施。相反，较富裕的父母将自己形容为“外部人”，他们无法帮助自己的后代并发现大学无法满足其需求。我们的发现表明，富裕的父母将孩子的大学经历与同龄人区别开来，将“有效维持的不平等”扩大到了K-12教育之外。大学可能会接受这些努力，因为资金转移使得招募富裕的州外家庭成为理想选择。