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In 2008, the Association of Working-Class Academics was founded in upstate New York by three former members of the Working-Class/Poverty-Class Academics Listserv. The Association had three goals: advocate for WCAs, build organizations on campuses that would support both working-class college students and WCAs, and support scholarship on issues relevant to class and higher education. The Association grew from a small handful to more than 200 members located in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and Germany. In 2015, it was formally merged with the Working-Class Studies Association, and continues there as a special section for WCSA members. This is our collective account of the organization, told through responses to four key questions. We hope this history will provide insight and lessons for anyone interested in building similar organizations.
Student Charges and Financing Higher Education (A Staff Study for the Commission on Financing Higher Education) par RICHARD-H. OSTHEIMER. Un vol., 6¼ po. x 9, relié, 217 pages — COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, New York, 1953