radical implication expansion higher education disguised a myth dubs e — Stefan Szczelkun, Class Myths Culture

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The radical implication of the expansion of higher education has been disguised by a myth which dubs all educated working class people as middle class. By definition working class people are not intelligent, so if you've got a degree you must be middle class. This nonsense is reinforced by the fact that acedemic traditions are laden with class assumptions and are presented in upper class styles even in the Polytechnics.

Stefan Szczelkun, Class Myths and Culture

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