"Confessing" Class on Campus
Last week, I wrote about how rarely colleges and universities name the classism that low-income and working-class students experience on
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"Don't Be a Snob"
We know that many low-income/ working class students work to conceal their backgrounds on campus to avoid judgment and stigma.
A Blue Print for Student "Basic Needs Infrastructure"
A few years ago when a student just disappeared from class, I called her and learned that her car had
An Annual Celebration of First-Gen College Students
One of my interests is in what poor and working-class students learn about themselves via messages that they get from
AI, Politics and Inequality from Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom has been one of my favorite sociologists for a long time, and her mini-lecture on inequality and
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A Million People Serving the Public, Now Free of College Debt
There is still more work to be done, but as of today, one million people who chose work in the
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A New Residential Two Year College for Low-Income First-Gen Students
Boston College has opened a new small two-year residential junior college for low-income first-generation students. There is so much here
Podcast: Anna Stansbury on Class Gaps in the Professorate
I wrote a few weeks ago about Anna Stansbury and Kyra Rodriguez's research on large social class gaps
The Politics of Hunger on Campus
Nearly one in four undergraduates and one in eight graduate students face food insecurity. On some campuses, half of all
Book Review: Can College Level the Playing Field? by Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson
The context for much of what I think about on this site is articulated in the central question of this
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College classism and low-income students in hiding
"Students who are low-income encounter classism in college". Of course they do. And in this study of low-income
Pathways to Leadership in the U.S.: Elite College Admissions
Who rises to leadership in the U.S.? It should come as no surprise that U.S. senators, Supreme Court