Social Class in Film: Late Fame
In Late Fame, we meet Ed Saxberger (played by Willem Dafoe), a man raised by working-class parents who dropped out
Education & Class
In the Messy Social Spaces Between Constraint and Opportunity
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Diminished College Access in Wisconsin
I grew up in a square-mile town in rural Wisconsin and I know every location mentioned in this piece on
K-12
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Ladders and Staircases
Back in June, I wrote about Orestes Hastings' [then] working paper on growing gaps in what high-income and low-income
Social Class in Film: The Marching Band
I just stumbled upon the movie The Marching Band, and loved how the characters explore themes of social class, chance,
K-12
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In the Intense Politics Around Public Education, Where Is the Left?
Education reporter Jennifer Berkshire has gone looking for education policy in the platforms and press releases of office holders and
Accessing High Status Sisterhood: Paying to Get Skinny
I've been traveling and mostly off-line (yeah!) but bookmarked some things to read more carefully when I got
Research
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"Dramatic" Inequalities in Investments in College Students
It's easy to assume that our highly stratified system of higher education has always existed, that high achieving
Chaos and Confusion in Student Loans
There are been several recent dismaying articles about the chaos and confusion about student loans in the wake of major
Essays
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The Invisibility of Class in the Curriculum;The Invisibility of Broader Class Inequality in the Analysis
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published an opinion piece on the invisibility of social class in the college curriculum.
(quick) Book Review: The Payback
I just finished Kashana Cauley's The Playback and recommend it highly as a serious, sobering, and funny romp
News
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The Working Class in Print Media:Talked About More at Elections, Listened to Less
Last week, the Economic Hardship Project and the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences program at Columbia University released a
The Multidimensional Costs of Student Debt
We know that being deep in student debt means more than simply managing monthly payments. Daniel Collier at the University