A blue-collar scholar or blue-collar academic is a person who comes from a family or background of blue-collar workers who enters into the study and training of higher education as an undergraduate student or is an academician doing scholarly work to make their professional living. A common term used in understanding student who come from working class, or blue-collar families, is a first generation college student. These students are the first in their immediate family to attend a college or university. There are social impacts and struggles for students in higher-education who come from working-class families. In the case of blue-collar scholars who are professors, these people  had previous careers that were defined by working-class principles or their parents have careers as blue-collar workers  .
A blue-collar scholar or blue-collar academic is a person who comes from a family or background of blue-collar workers who enters into the study and training of higher education as an undergraduate student or is an academician doing scholarly work to make their professional living. A common term used in understanding student who come from working class, or blue-collar families, is a first generation college student. These students are the first in their immediate family to attend a college or university. There are social impacts and struggles for students in higher-education who come from working-class families. In the case of blue-collar scholars who are professors, these people may have had previous careers that were defined by working-class principles or their parents have careers as blue-collar workers . The majority of academic faculty do not come from blue-collar backgrounds, and in a survey of over 7,000 professors across disciplines, one study found that the median family childhood income of these faculty is ~23\% than the general population. In comparison to the general public, the study found that faculty are also 25 times more likely to have a parent who has a PhD .
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. The majority of academic faculty do not come from blue-collar backgrounds, and in a survey of over 7,000 professors across disciplines, one study found that the median family childhood income of these faculty is ~23\% than the general population. In comparison to the general public, the study found that faculty are also 25 times more likely to have a parent who has a PhD