Bryn Mawr College

Spotlight on ... Class of 2015, "One Class, One Book"

As part of Bryn Mawr's year-long Class Dismissed project, the college's Diversity Leadership Group and Alumnae Association are co-sponsoring a first-year student common reading assignment, Class Matters. Written by correspondents and journalists of The New York Times, Class Matters originally appeared in the Times in 2005 as a series of articles and essays that addressed the ways in which socioeconomic class affects the lives of people living and working in the United States. The book features interviews with Americans across the country, representing diverse ethnicities, educational backgrounds, occupations and political views, along with analyses of how class has manifested itself in different ways throughout U.S. history. We hope that faculty, staff, alumnae and parents will also read the book and participate in one (or more!) of a variety of programs and events addressing class that are planned for the year ahead.