Beekeeping Programs and the Arts: Private Fundraising for Public Schools
In New York City, a small number of PTAs --2.5% of all public schools in the city – raised almost
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Opportunity Hoarding: The Youth Sports Edition
I highly recommend this video from More Perfect Union about how, as budgets for community parks and recreation programs have
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Rewarding the Scholarly and Creative Pursuits of Elite Academics
One of my favorite scholars of higher education policy is Dominique Baker who, along with Christopher Bennett, has just released
"Predatory Inclusion"
Campuses work against the interests of poor and working-class students in so many ways. The financial aid system itself often
Social Class Traces in College Application Essays
It likely will come as no surprise to readers of this site that researchers at Stanford's Center for
College as Finishing School for Wealthy Kids
I remember reading novels in which young women in elite social circles were sent to "finishing schools" to
People from Poor and Working-Class Backgrounds at the [Next] Table
I'm thinking a lot about who will be at the table as we move forward in our public
Moral-Meaning Making Among Agents of Inequality
How do people explain their moral decisions to participate in projects that unfairly benefit a small number of privileged people
Redefining Merit in Elite College Admissions
The Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund has written an excellent report on "merit based"
Educating for Class Diversity in Leadership
We've long known that the Ivy Plus schools (the eight Ivy League colleges plus Chicago, Duke, MIT and
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Which First-Generation Students Are/Are Not of Interest to Scholars?
There are many forms of scholarly writing, and book-length studies of campus life take us beyond surveys or interview-with-strangers papers
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Social Class Humor (!)
From the satire site The Onion: Impressionable Teen Falls In With The Wrong Social Class In which the distraught mother