Working in Class

Recognizing How Social Class Shapes Our Academic Work

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Multicultural Education, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Allison L. Hurst, Sandi Kawecka Nenga ISBN: 9781475822540
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: January 18, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Allison L. Hurst, Sandi Kawecka Nenga
ISBN: 9781475822540
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: January 18, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

More students today are financing college through debt, but the burdens of debt are not equally shared. The least privileged students are those most encumbered and the least able to repay. All of this has implications for those who work in academia, especially those who are themselves from less advantaged backgrounds. Warnock argues that it is difficult to reconcile the goals of facilitating upward mobility for students from similar backgrounds while being aware that the goals of many colleges and universities stand in contrast to the recruitment and support of these students. This, combined with the fact that campuses are increasingly reliant on adjunct labor, makes it difficult for the contemporary tenure-track or tenured working-class academic to reconcile his or her position in the academy.

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More students today are financing college through debt, but the burdens of debt are not equally shared. The least privileged students are those most encumbered and the least able to repay. All of this has implications for those who work in academia, especially those who are themselves from less advantaged backgrounds. Warnock argues that it is difficult to reconcile the goals of facilitating upward mobility for students from similar backgrounds while being aware that the goals of many colleges and universities stand in contrast to the recruitment and support of these students. This, combined with the fact that campuses are increasingly reliant on adjunct labor, makes it difficult for the contemporary tenure-track or tenured working-class academic to reconcile his or her position in the academy.

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