Limiting privilege : upward mobility within higher education in socialist Poland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zysiak, Agata.

Series:

Central European studies

Central European Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Social aspects--Poland--20th century.

Education, Higher.

Socialism--Poland--20th century.

Socialism.

Education and state--Poland.

Education and state.

Social mobility--Poland.

Social mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

[West Lafayette, Indiana] : Purdue University Press, 2023.

Summary:

State socialism tried to industrialize, urbanize, encourage the more frequent washing of hands, urge people to leave the church, emancipate women, and electrify cities—all within a single lifetime. Central to these initiatives was extending educational opportunities to the working class and creating a vision of an egalitarian socialist university that offered advancement for all. Limiting Privilege: Upward Mobility Within Higher Education in Socialist Poland traces the possibilities and limits of this goal by looking at a model socialist university established in 1945 in the working-class city of Łódź, Poland. Initially a flagship project of socialist modernization, the university tried to offer social advancement by privileging admission for peasant and working-class children, but these efforts were often fought by the elite who sought to preserve their privilege. By looking at first-generation students, intelligentsia faculty, and an industrial city, Limiting Privilege explores a complex story about utopian visions, failed aspirations, and reluctant academia.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on Decenber 15, 2023).

Includes index and bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781612498843

1612498841

OCLC:

1408797425

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.