The Cost of Moving Up

Drawing from Jennifer Morton’s work on the ethical dilemmas faced by first-generation and low-income students, this episode examines the personal costs of pursuing higher education—fractured family ties, difficult tradeoffs, and the quiet loss of identity that can accompany social mobility. Together, they reflect on why we sometimes deny uncomfortable realities and what those choices reveal about who we are and who we hope to become.

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The Cost of Moving Up is an episode from WHY? - Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life by Prairie Public Broadcasting.

This episode is 83:34 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2026.

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