01261pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002300040245008700063260000900150300001600159362001100175520080000186650001500986650001301001650002101014700002201035773003401057180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDeshpande, Ashwini  aWhere the path leads: the role of caste in post-university employment expectations  c2007  ap.4133-140.  a13 Oct  aThis study attempts to trace the differential pathways that dalit and non-dalit students from comparable elite educational backgrounds traverse in their journey from college to work. While the training they receive in the university world is quite comparable, dalit students lack many advantages that turn out to be crucial in shaping their employment outcomes. Dalit students support the affirmative action policy completely, which allows them to break their traditional marginality. Our findings suggest that social and cultural capital (the overlapping of caste, class, family background and networks) matter a great deal in the urban, highly skilled, formal and allegedly meritocratic private sector jobs, where hiring practices are less transparent than appear at first sight. - Reproduced.  aEmployment  aStudents  aBackward classes  aNewman, Katherine  aEconomic and Political Weekly