Research Blog 7 "Case"

My main example is  "Paying For the Party" by Elizabeth Armstrong and Laura Hamilton right now. I really like the idea of the social class breakdown and how even subtle differences in class status can still cause a major difference in outcome of the worth of going to college in the first place. Paying for the Party outlines why privatized universities are so harmful for working class students of average intelligence (for that particular university) who expect to experience a big change in their socioeconomic status after attaining a degree from one of these schools. This book tells us that these colleges accept the working class students into their schools but that they really stand to benefit wealthy students from which they can also benefit from in a reciprocal fashion. From here I take minor research from other articles to frame the big picture: Working Class students who wish to experience upward mobility on the "professional pathway" are likely to experience stressors which can lead to depression.