6/11/2023 0 Comments Tressie cottom lower ed![]() ![]() In her talk, which centered on the future of higher education, she called for investments in public institutions of higher learning and a political and cultural shift to remove the burden of financial considerations for those considering college. “We promoted an idea that college should be the singular solution to income inequality - wealth inequality - and in doing so, we actually deepened racial, class and gender inequalities,” she said. McMillan Cottom, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science, told an audience of more than 200 people online that after decades of framing higher education as the key that unlocks career success, “we have a reality problem.” For some, particularly those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, going to college and accumulating student debt has made life harder, she said. ![]() Noted sociologist, writer and cultural critic Tressie McMillan Cottom made a case for investing in a more equitable approach to higher education at the University of Washington Information School’s Ed Mignon Distinguished Lecture on April 13. ![]()
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