It is an eye-opening portrait of this burgeoning educational sector and the ways in which its rapid expansion is linked to skyrocketing inequality and growing labor precarity in the twenty-first-century United States." Ruth Milkman, past president of the American Sociological Association "In a sea of simplistic and often bombastic critiques of American higher education, Tressie McMillan Cottom's trenchant analysis of Lower Ed stands out. It is a powerful, chilling tale of what happens when profit-driven privatization of a public good latches on to systemic inequality and individual aspirations." Carol Anderson, author of White Rage and professor of African American studies at Emory University "This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the market forces currently transforming higher education. It is nuanced, carefully argued, and engagingly written. Her sharp intelligence, throughout, makes this book compelling, unforgettable, and deeply necessary." Roxane Gay, author of Difficult Women and Bad Feminist "Lower Ed is brilliant. Praise for Lower Ed: "Cottom does a good job of making the name Lower Ed stick, and she makes a solid case for reviewing the entire system of higher education for openness of opportunity." Kirkus Reviews "In Lower Ed McMillan Cottom is at her very best rigorous, incisive, empathetic, and witty.
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