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More students today are financing college through debt, but the
burdens of debt are not equally shared. The least privileged
students are those most encumbered and the least able to repay. All
of this has implications for those who work in academia, especially
those who are themselves from less advantaged backgrounds. Warnock
argues that it is difficult to reconcile the goals of facilitating
upward mobility for students from similar backgrounds while being
aware that the goals of many colleges and universities stand in
contrast to the recruitment and support of these students. This,
combined with the fact that campuses are increasingly reliant on
adjunct labor, makes it difficult for the contemporary tenure-track
or tenured working-class academic to reconcile his or her position
in the academy.
In recent years, civic and political institutions have stepped up
their efforts to encourage youth participation: schools promote
volunteerism, non-profits provide opportunities for service, local
governments create youth councils, and social movement
organizations discuss the need to encourage a new generation of
activists. This volume adopts a critical approach to the civic and
political socialization projects which aim to transform children
and youth into upstanding citizens. By synthesizing the study of
young people's civic and political socialization under the rubric
of "Youth Engagement", the interplay of the civic and the political
throughout young people's lives is considered. Chapters critically
examine the multiple and contested meanings of ideal citizenship
and reveal how children and youth craft active citizenship as they
encounter and respond to the various institutions and organizations
designed to encourage their civic and political development.
In recent years, civic and political institutions have stepped up
their efforts to encourage youth participation: schools promote
volunteerism, non-profits provide opportunities for service, local
governments create youth councils, and social movement
organizations discuss the need to encourage a new generation of
activists. This volume adopts a critical approach to the civic and
political socialization projects which aim to transform children
and youth into upstanding citizens. By synthesizing the study of
young people's civic and political socialization under the rubric
of "Youth Engagement", the interplay of the civic and the political
throughout young people's lives is considered. Chapters critically
examine the multiple and contested meanings of ideal citizenship
and reveal how children and youth craft active citizenship as they
encounter and respond to the various institutions and organizations
designed to encourage their civic and political development.
More students today are financing college through debt, but the
burdens of debt are not equally shared. The least privileged
students are those most encumbered and the least able to repay. All
of this has implications for those who work in academia, especially
those who are themselves from less advantaged backgrounds. Warnock
argues that it is difficult to reconcile the goals of facilitating
upward mobility for students from similar backgrounds while being
aware that the goals of many colleges and universities stand in
contrast to the recruitment and support of these students. This,
combined with the fact that campuses are increasingly reliant on
adjunct labor, makes it difficult for the contemporary tenure-track
or tenured working-class academic to reconcile his or her position
in the academy.
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