[lbo-talk] Working-class Academics

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>[lbo-talk] stats on profs' class background?
>Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
>Sun Dec 5 10:49:43 PST 2004
>
>Anyone know some good sources on class backround of profs, 
>especially left leaning profs? On the Marc Cooper discussion blog, 
>he and others are trying to claim that professors who are left 
>leaning are mostly priveleged wealthy elitists with no working class 
>background to speak of. Of course, that they are mostly still 
>working class, tenure, perks and all is a point entirely lost on 
>this kind of person...

OK, now I have found some relevant empirical studies, so here's my 
intervention in the debate at the Marc Cooper blog.

"Working-class Academics": 
<http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/12/working-class-academics.html>.
-- 
Yoshie

* Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/>
* "Proud of Britain": <http://www.proudofbritain.net/ > and 
<http://www.proud-of-britain.org.uk/>