Educating Inequality - Robert Samuels

Educating Inequality

Beyond the Political Myths of Higher Education and the Job Market

Politicians and school officials often argue that higher education is the solution to many of our social, and economic problems. Educating Inequality argues that in order to reduce inequality and enhance social mobility, public policies are needed to revamp the financial aid system and increase the number of good jobs. Les mer
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Politicians and school officials often argue that higher education is the solution to many of our social, and economic problems. Educating Inequality argues that in order to reduce inequality and enhance social mobility, public policies are needed to revamp the financial aid system and increase the number of good jobs. Exploring topics such as the fairness of the current social system, the focus on individual competition in an unequal society, and democracy and capitalism in higher education, this important book seeks to uncover the major myths that shape how people view higher education and its relation to the economy. Looking to models that generate economic mobility and social equality, this book advocates a broader vision for public higher education to promote universal equality and global awareness.
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Forlag: Routledge
 Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 182
ISBN: 9781138084988
Format: 23 x 15 cm
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"Myth-busting and merciless, Bob Samuels demolishes cherished fantasies about equality and opportunity in our universities. Instead he offers a comprehensive plan for social change that, if implemented, would radically re-shape the relationship between college, society, and the economy."
-Marc Bousquet, author of How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation and Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Emory University, USA

"Americans tell themselves a number of stories about the role education plays in who ends up doing what job for how much money. A few of the stories are true, but most are recited just to soothe ourselves to sleep. In Educating Inequality, Robert Samuels makes readers face the dark—and shows us that there are ways to make it less scary." -John Marsh, author of Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality, and Associate Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Contents





Preface


Chapter 1: The Politics of Higher Education


Chapter 2: College and the Myth of the Good Job


Chapter 3: Why Higher Education Reduces Social Mobility


Chapter 4: The Myth of the Fair Meritocracy


Chapter 5: How College Changed Childhood, Education, and Parenting in America


Chapter 6: Training Undemocratic Capitalists


Chapter 7: The Death of the Liberal Classroom


Chapter 8: Will Technology and the Free Market Save Higher Ed and the Job Market?


Conclusion: Educating Equality
Robert Samuels is a Lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.