SOC 104 Lecture 9: Lecture Nine

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 104
• Professor: Heather Rollwagen

Document Summary

It takes ever more certificates and diplomas to qualify for a given job. Occurs when members of an occupation insist that people earn certain credentials in order to enter the occupation. Universities are increasingly involved in the professionalizing process. Access to post-secondary education is not distributed evenly across the population. Choice to attend post-secondary is made within a social structure. Consider how education serves to reproduce colonial oppression. Make indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing a foundational (and mandatory) part of public and post-secondary education. Gender norms impact what field of study individuals select, which serves to reinforce the gendered nature of the labour force. Despite increasing inequality in education attainment, women continue to be disadvantaged in the labour market. 71% of individuals who come from the wealthiest families in canada get some form of post-secondary education. 61. 4% of individuals who come from middle-class families in canada get some from of post secondary education.