Educational Downgrading
Adult Education and Downward Mobility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2328504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Corey Moss-Pech (0000-0003-1239-1531, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, corresponding author), Steven H Lopez (0000-0003-1206-870X, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA), Laurie Michaels (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-158 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038040720982890 |
| OpenAlex | W3119654403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
Scholarship on adult education throughout the life course focuses on the relationship between education and upward mobility. Scholars rarely examine how adults' educational aspirations or trajectories are affected by downward mobility or an increasingly precarious labor market. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews with 21 job seekers in the post-Great Recession labor market in the United States, this article advances the concept of educational downgrading: returning to school in pursuit of a credential lower than the highest level of education one previously sought or attained. We explore three pathways to downgrading connected to downward mobility: occupational dead ends, career reversals, and educational inflation. In the process, we highlight how individuals adjust their practical educational aspirations as they navigate a contemporary economy in which careers are unstable and credentials are needed for many kinds of jobs across the occupational hierarchy
Credential · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Hierarchy · Labour economics · Life course approach · Occupational mobility · Political science · Qualitative research · Scholarship · Seekers · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |