Cross Currents Seminar: Thinking About Economic Inequality and College Student Life

This seminar will look at the consequences of economic inequality in the lives of high financial need undergraduates studying at elite universities. Students will apply what they are learning in other classes to daily campus life. We will ask questions about the challenges of thriving at an affluent institution. The class includes readings from memoirs of low income students at Princeton, Vassar, Saint Michaels, Stanford, and Boston College. This course is recommended for Montserrat students.