5/31/2023 0 Comments Lower ed tressie mcmillan cottomLike almost all insurance schemes, groups with the least amount of assets and fewest opportunities to earn assets are the most likely to value insurance against risk. Could you describe the ways in which they're linked?įor-profit degrees are a kind of insurance in a very competitive labor market where there aren't enough good jobs for all who would have them and in a society where the bad jobs don't afford people a dignified quality of life. Your book is the first to link the growth in for-profit degrees to America's growing income inequality, particularly impacting women and people of color. The central argument in “Lower Ed” is that a robust for-profit college sector is a symptom of a failing social safety net and stagnant social mobility. How would you describe the central argument of “Lower Ed?” In “ Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges In The New Economy” Virginia Commonwealth University sociology professor Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D., explores the rise of for-profit colleges like ITT Technical Institute and the University of Phoenix, and links the industry’s rapid expansion to America’s growing inequality.Ĭottom, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Humanities and Sciences and a faculty associate with Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, recently discussed her new book with VCU News.
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