The Social Class Identity of Working-Class Students at Harvard College

These, and low-income students are an important subject of research in the sociology of higher education due to the <a href="https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/19/04/real-advice-first-gens" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">particular struggles and needs</a> that these groups face. Diversification of elite campuses have called into question the experiences that these types of students have, many of whom come from working-class backgrounds. Understanding elite institutions of higher education as platforms for social mobility, lower-income students are provided with the opportunity to escalate in the socioeconomic ladder. In this research paper, I study the social identity of working-class students at Harvard College. I begin with the assumption, provided by the literature, that working-class students undergo a transformation of social class identity. My key question is how these students navigate their social class at a place as diverse and as wealthy as Harvard. I interviewed ten students who self-identified as first-generation and in the lower side of the socioeconomic ladder. I found that: <a href="https://pablozamorano.medium.com/the-social-class-identity-of-working-class-students-at-harvard-college-b95409d4a95e">Website</a>