Melissa Osborne, "Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility" (U Chicago Press,...

Why do people go to college? In Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility (bookshop.org/a...) (U Chicago Press, 2024), Melissa Osborne (x.com/MOsborne...) , an associate professor (www.melissaosb...) at Western Washington University (chss.wwu.edu/o...) , explores the experiences of students from low income and first-generation backgrounds who attend elite universities in the USA. The book offers a vital intervention for our understanding of the role of higher education and its connection to a range of social inequalities. It captures the sometimes difficult and ambivalent experiences of students from outside the traditional demographics for elite institutions. The analysis offers a nuanced understanding of the process of social mobility, showing the struggles of students and institutions, and the limits of individually-focused approaches to social change. Rich with ethnographic and qualitative data, as well as a powerful set of ideas for elite institutional change, the book is essential reading for educators everywhere.
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