FreshEd #417 – How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility (Cora Lingling Xu)

About this episode

The episode discusses how time can be inherited and its implications for higher education mobility and inequality.

Today we explore how time can be inherited like status or wealth and what that means for higher education mobility and inequality. My guest is Cora Lingling Xu. Dr Cora Lingling Xu is Associate Professor in Sociology of Education at Durham University. Her new book is called The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China (SUNY Press, 2025) -- freshedpodcast.com/xu/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

People in this episode

Guest: Cora Lingling Xu

Topics covered

• time inequalities
• higher education mobility
• inequality

Keywords

• sociology of education
• China
• The Time Inheritors

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Products: The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China

Books & works: The Time Inheritors: How Time Inequalities Shape Higher Education Mobility in China

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