260-C5 - Access to Formal Education

Question 1

Socialization in the context of education

Answer 1

learning beyond the curriculum, social factors such as making connections

Question 2

credentialism

Answer 2

evaluating worth based on the credential an individual has earned e.g. degrees, certificates

Question 3

manifest function

Answer 3

the explicit and established purposes of a social institution

Question 4

latent function

Answer 4

the implicit and subtle roles of a social institution

Question 5

class politics

Answer 5

Political speech focused on class position, as distinct from “identity politics” which focuses on gender, racial, regional, or other non-class affiliations

Question 6

Opportunity Cost

Answer 6

The value of opportunities a person forgoes in order to take advantage of other opportunities (e.g. skipping classes (developmental opportunity) for work (financial opportunity))

Question 7

massification of education

Answer 7

basically how education has developed to be more accessible for the masses and thus shifted to be more commercial and less individual

Question 8

feminization of education

Answer 8

• Women outnumber men at the postsecondary level by over 10%
• More women are graduating from postsecondary programs, and graduates earn higher incomes