Negative Feeling but Positive Gain: How Working-Class Students Perceive Their Cross-Class Interaction

• In Event: Research in Progress Roundtable Session 3
  In Invited Roundtable: Student Experiences in Higher Education: Understanding the Implications of Race, Class, and National Identity (Table 2)

Abstract

This study explores how working-class students perceive their interaction with their higher-class peers. A phenomenological study was conducted using content analysis and interviews. Findings suggest that working-class students felt negative feelings such as not belonging and a sense of envy. However, there were also positive gains that they became more socially aware of different social classes and financial circumstances.

Author

• Sora Moon, University of Iowa