Education and Class

• Disgust as Class-Based Emotional Script | The Global Sociology Blog

  An excellent summary of Steph Lawler’s 2005 article on middle class “disgust” with the working class.

  tags: social class

• While Public Colleges Feel Pain, For-Profits See Gains :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs

  Bad economic conditions for public colleges translates into good times for for-profit “jobs” colleges.

  tags: social class

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• eduwonkette: Guest Blogger Hilary Levey: Playing to Win (and for college admissions!) — In First Grade

  An interesting dissertation on the competitive nature of upper-middle-class chidren’s activities, driven in part by the “bottleneck” of credentials via elite college admissions

  tags: social class

• Many Students Forgo Borrowing Despite Financial Need (IHEP)

  Aversion to borrowing in spite of need may affect college completion.

  tags: Social class

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I miss the midwestern snows of my childhood.  I hear from family that it’s white there already.  Meanwhile here in the Northwest, there isn’t even snow yet in the mountains.

So when WordPress offered snow for the holidays, I jumped aboard, even while the effect is somewhat lost on this white blog.

Class related?  Well, I could talk about walking to school in the freezing cold and snow as a child… but let’s just leave it with winter cheer