By Lisa R. Pruitt
I don't watch TV or follow much pop culture, and most of the country music I occasionally listen to is on old albums by the likes of Sara Evans, Faith Hill, Martina McBride...
Imploring the Ivy League to Attend to Rural Strivers
By Lisa R. Pruitt
One of the most e-mailed items in the New York Times for the past day or so has been Claire Vaye Watkins “The Ivy League Was Another Planet.” (The alternative...
Elitism and Education (Part IV): Admission Office Bias Against Rural Students?
By Lisa R. Pruitt
In a prior post about Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford’s book, No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in...
Elitism and Education (Part III): Working Class Whites and Elite College Admissions
By Lisa R. Pruitt
Parts I and II of this series appeared in August, 2010 here and here.
Ever since Ross Douthat discussed No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College...
A return to the "culture of poverty," with nary a mention of the rural variety
Posted by Lisa R. Pruitt
A headline in today's NYT proclaims, "'Culture of Poverty,' Once an Academic Slur, Makes a Comeback." Journalist Patricia Cohen writes of a new (or...