Students Try to Break Taboo around Social Class on Campus

Autor/in	Sander, Libby
Titel	Students Try to Break Taboo around Social Class on Campus
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, (2013) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Culture Conflict; Social Class; Income; Socioeconomic Status; College Students; Higher Education; Consciousness Raising; Missouri; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kulturkonflikt; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Einkommen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bewusstseinsbildung
Abstract	When Heather Berg arrived at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2011, she was struck by the seemingly posh lifestyle many of her fellow students enjoyed. Now finishing her second year, she has friends who also felt that culture shock at first. But it's been hard to find them, and to speak candidly with anyone about the impact of money--or lack of it. Last fall, Ms. Berg and two classmates started a group to raise awareness of class and to advocate for more support for low-income students. So far, the group has put on several events, including a well-attended panel: "How Public Is Our Public University?" Next academic year, organizers want to reach out to new students especially, as they try to get their peers talking more openly about the social and economic forces that shape their lives. At the forefront of the student-led effort to acknowledge such issues is United for Undergraduate Socioeconomic Diversity, or U/Fused. Started in 2010 by students at Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis University, and Duke University, the group has spread to 13 other, mostly private institutions, with student members from varying income brackets. Wendy Guo, who graduates this month with a degree in biology from the Chicago campus, has led efforts to raise awareness of class there. But she worries about traction. Students juggling classes and jobs aren't inclined to take part in abstract discussions of money, however lively they may be. So Ms. Guo tries to keep things practical. Even with different types of events, Ms. Guo laments the same challenge as her counterparts at more elite institutions: Sometimes it's a struggle to get people to care. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10