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Working-Class Knowledge and School Knowledge
A couple of hours after I posted a recent blog exploring whether college education is the best option for working-class students, our administrative assistant at the Center for Working-Class Studies came into my office, saying she wanted to talk with … Continue reading
How to Build a Strong Economy: Education or Unions?
On May 15, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that The American higher-education system has long been seen as a leader in the world, but confidence in its future and its enduring value may be beginning to crack along economic … Continue reading
Should Working-Class People Go to College?
That sounds like an irreverent question. It might even sound like I’m denigrating either working-class people or college. So let me say this from the outset: I think higher education is important and valuable, and I am delighted that so … Continue reading
Expanding Inequality
In a series of articles in Slate this fall, Timothy Noah traced the growth of income inequality in America and identified several contributing factors: the decline of organized labor, the poor quality of K-12 education, and various government policies among … Continue reading
Education or Exploitation? For-profit schools and working-class students
If you read yesterday’s New York Times, you may have noticed the full-page ad, paid for by Corinthian Colleges, Inc., one of the largest for-profit education providers in the US. The ad urged readers to contact our Congressional representatives to … Continue reading
Is the Community College Still the Best Bet for Working-Class Students?
Recently, a friend asked me whether I’d encourage my own children (if I had them) to attend a community college, the system where I teach sociology. I said “yes” immediately, but I know what thoughts lay behind her question. She … Continue reading
Posted in Class and Education, Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues
Tagged community colleges, Education, working-class students
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America’s Low-Wage Future
British historian E.H. Carr once said something to the effect that while no serious scholar makes up the facts, they all choose which facts “to put on stage.” The problem of cultural bias is that there are way too many … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, Jack Metzgar, The Working Class and the Economy
Tagged Class and economics, Education, low-wage jobs, wages
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What Working-Class Universities Should Do
Sherry Linkon’s two recent blogs react to a new study that found working-class students (defined by parents’ income and education) are less likely to graduate from a “working-class college or university” than from elite, more selective schools (defined by selectivity). … Continue reading
Education, Business, and Perpetuating the Class Hierarchy
In our last blog, we noted the increasing absence of working-class writers from the Journalism profession, due in part to the proliferation of the unpaid internship as the requisite for a career in the field. While the financial consequences of … Continue reading
Posted in Class and Education, Contributors, Issues
Tagged Education, internships, Journalism, STEM education, working-class students
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Taking Working-Class Students Seriously
As I wrote last week, I was initially surprised by the claim that working-class students are less likely to graduate if they attend a working-class college or university than if they go to a more selective school. While working-class schools … Continue reading
Posted in Class and Education, Contributors, Issues, Sherry Linkon
Tagged Education, teaching, working-class students, working-class university
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