‘Moving Up Without Losing Your Way’ | New Book - Inside Higher Ed

Scott Jaschik, Editor, one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. says, Author discusses her new book about the costs of social mobility in higher education.

Moving Up without Losing Your Way:  
The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility

Jennifer M. Morton relies in part on personal experience for her book Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility (Princeton University Press). She writes of growing up in Peru and how unlikely it was for her to land at Princeton University. She was a striver, though -- and pushed on.

As associate professor of philosophy at City College and the Graduate Center of City University of New York, Morton considers the issues involved with nurturing low-income, disadvantaged students through higher education.

She responded via email to questions about her book.
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Source: Inside Higher Ed