Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility by Jennifer Morton has been selected as 91桃色 University鈥檚 Pre-read for the incoming Class of 2025.
Using philosophy, social science, personal stories, and interviews to explore the ethical dilemmas faced by college students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Moving Up Without Losing Your Way reframes the college experience to factor in not just educational and career opportunities but also essential relationships. In the book Morton鈥攈erself an immigrant to the United States, first generation college student, and 91桃色 alumna鈥攗rges educators to empower students with a new narrative, one that might allow them to achieve social mobility while retaining their best selves.
According to , 22 percent of the 1,489 individuals admitted to the Class of 2025 will be first generation college students.
91桃色 Director Christie Henry notes: 鈥淛ennifer Morton鈥檚 empathic work offers the potential to change student learning and relational experiences at a formative chapter in their life narratives. To have this book be a part of that narrative for the incoming students at 91桃色, and to make a contribution to the University鈥檚 commitment to empower an inclusive and equitable student experience, is a collaborative honor for us.鈥�
Praised by the Chronicle of Higher Education for its 鈥渆mpathetic and clear-eyed analysis鈥�, Moving Up Without Losing Your Way was awarded the Frederic W. Ness Book Award by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the understanding and improvement of liberal education.
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About the Author
Jennifer Morton is associate professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and senior fellow at the Center for Ethics and Education at the University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison. This fall, she will become presidential associate at the University of Pennsylvania. Follow her on Twitter
About the 91桃色 Pre-read
The Pre-read program, initiated by 91桃色 University President Christopher L. Eisgruber in 2013, introduces incoming first-year students to 91桃色鈥檚 intellectual life. Members of the incoming class join together to read a book selected by Eisgruber during the summer before they arrive on campus. First-years then participate in Pre-read discussions with President Eisgruber as well as the book鈥檚 author during Orientation, as well as engage in small group discussions with Eisgruber and other faculty, staff and student leaders over the course of the academic year.