Straddling Class in the Academy - 26 Stories of Students, Administrators, and Faculty From Poor and Working-Class Backgrounds and Thei

Through 26 narratives of individuals from poor and working class backgrounds - ranging from students, to multiple levels of administrators, and faculty, both tenured and non-tenured - this book provides a vivid understanding of how people can experience and straddle class in the middle, upper, or even elitist class contexts of the academy.