Helen et al. There are some good reviews comparing the measures of social class, among them the Hollingshead. This goes to the heart of the question "What is...
I walk to work every day that I can (cheaper than joining a gym) and it gives me time to think. I was thinking about teachers and the Hollingshead. What...
It's funny, if you have seen the video "People Like Us" (highly recommended - about social class in america) the idea of walking to work is very different from...
ROFL That video is wonderful. Those are my homeys, my peeps. Well not quite, but almost. I grew up in New Hampshire in an Ivy League town (Hanover NH), I play...
I also found the video interesting. My son is a USTA Tennis Teaching Professional (and a Conservative Baptist Minister). He played on country club tennis...
We are almost at 20 members - member number 20 will receive a free Yahoo! e-mail account! I am interested in what each member is interested in for research or ...
I wonder about the effect of social class on the likelihood of student alcohol abuse, particularly in those restricted membership groups that multiple...
While not nearly as funny, I just came across this site: www.economicdiversity.org Thought you may find it useful. I haven't had time to dig around, but was...
Ruby Payne (Framework for Poverty) is very fashionable in schools - there is a believability factor in what she writes even though her material does not hold...
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/features.jsp?is=40&ar=777 This is from teaching tolerance magazine, from the Southern Poverty Law Center - good stuff....
I have started reading the book "The Trouble with Diversity: How we learned to love identity and ignore inequality" by Walter Benn Michaels. It is really...
I have a lot of "I wonders" about social class and being new to the study of social class, forgive the "basicness" of my wonders... But I wonder about the...
Dear Mary, While I can not cite specific references, there is some research available about college faculty members making the social class "jump" from working...
I just love the complexity here! Different groups believe different things about class for different reasons. Do liberals look at equity because they (we) are...
I just had Jim Banning present to my Campus Environments class last night on the visual anthropology of the physical environment; the encoded meaning and...
Hello all, I just added in today so I wanted to take a few moments and introduce myself to you all. My name is Andrea Hart and I am about to graduate from...
Andrea - I did not put in for a social class roundtable for ACPA/NASPA, and I don't know if anyone else did either. My social class presentation was not...
Dear Will, Let me know when. I will be attending the joint meeting.\ Sincerely, Chuck Eberly Andrea - I did not put in for a social class roundtable for ...
Hi Everyone, I also wanted to introduce myself to the group. My name is Ryan Poirier and I am a doctoral candidate at Ohio State University where I study...
Hello, all! I'm very excited to join this group. (Thank you to Belle for sending me the info about it and to Will for taking time to talk with me at NASPA last...
Will (and all), I would be very interested in having an impromptu round table discussion! I will be going through Placement this year (with fingers crossed)...
Ryan - and others Robert gave a great paper at ACPA on his dissertation which is where I met him. A similar topic so I hope it can be helpful, and I don't want...
I am new to the group and look forward to the round table in Orlando. I have been doing work in the area of first generation, working class students. Another...
Many of you have expressed an interest in a Roundtable. It is too late to get on the schedule, however I looked over the schedule of events and Monday at 5:00...
Greetings, I'm glad to find this group. I'm professor of Education at University of Washington, Bothell. I'm doing research on social mobility through ...
Hi All, I am in the midde of work with a professor who is looking at drinking behavior on college campuses. She has found class diferences in use of alcohol...
I wonder if it has something to do with the social class climate on each one of the campuses. Liberal Arts Private schools probably have a different social...
I wonder how many students are dropouts and how many are pushouts. If we call them dropouts then it is the student's choice, the student has dropped out and it...
Will, It is an interesting point. I believe this situation is largely based on the culture of American institutions. Do you agree that there is a prevailing...
Dear Jane, Please contact me offline. I am very interested in your class and its possibilities for EIU. Sincerely, Chuck Eberly ... University ... through ......
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