Category Archives: Class and Education

Budgets and Values: How Republican Cuts to College Loan Forgiveness Will Harm the Working-Class

Posted on October 16, 2017 by

This summer, a Pew Research report attracted significant attention in media, policy, and academic circles because it revealed that for the first time, a majority of conservative Republicans believe college is hurting our country. The report reflects a political climate … Continue reading →

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For-Profit Colleges: Rough Times Ahead for Working-Class Students

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

With the promoter of the now disgraced “Trump University” at the helm of the federal government for the next 4 years, we are likely to see for-profit companies playing a bigger role in higher education.  But history shows us that … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and Working-Class Students: The Value of Irrelevance

Posted on October 10, 2016 by

In these tough times for higher education, English departments almost routinely begin each year reviewing grim reports of decreasing numbers of majors.  This sparks hand-wringing, soul-searching, and the inevitable conclusion that we must “market ourselves better” to show the “practical” … Continue reading →

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The Education Campaign: Addressing Inequality through Teaching and Learning?

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

Other than Hillary Clinton’s adoption of Bernie Sanders’s proposal to make college tuition free for most Americans, we haven’t heard much about education in this year’s election. The focus has been on economic inequality, immigration, trade, and national security – … Continue reading →

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Working-Class Academics and Working-Class Studies: Still Far from Home?

Posted on May 31, 2016 by

Academe is a privileged place.  It was designed to serve and continues to be dominated by people from educated, well-off backgrounds.  Its hierarchical rituals and values define the university as separate from and more “refined” than the so-called “real world.” … Continue reading →

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Teaching Work and Learning from Working-Class Students

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

It was my freshman year at university, and we were just back from Easter break for the first tutorial of the summer term. The seminar leader, an older middle-class professor, went around the table asking each of us what we … Continue reading →

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Action for Justice: The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor

Posted on November 9, 2015 by

Earlier this fall, Working-Class Perspectives affiliated with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.  The Initiative reflects one of Georgetown University’s core ideas, as University President John J. DeGioia stated during his 2001 inauguration: “For Georgetown, the service … Continue reading →

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