Alliance of Working-Class Academics (AWCA)

Supporting faculty and students from diverse working class backgrounds

Our Aims:

  • Help academic colleagues overcome class-based barriers throughout their careers

  • Amass data on the economic, social, and cultural challenges facing working class academics

  • Mentor and support working class students

  • Develop best practices on recruiting, retaining, and meaningfully advocating on behalf of working class faculty, staff, and students

  • Abolish global class discrimination

We are an international collective of working class academics.

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