ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors focus on how their social classes of origin continue to arise in their higher education work, even as senior administrators. These individuals illustrate the blending that class straddlers may experience as they exist and persist in the academy. Social class often informs how one has learned to navigate such environments and how one has come to develop a sense of belonging. Wealth is an accumulated body of wisdom and experience that is passed on from one generation to another. Higher education over the past 100 years has mostly reflected the needs and interests of the middle and upper classes. Most senior-level professionals appear to more readily connect with these individuals, and the connection appears to be one of class and race; class and race seem equally salient when it comes to these relationships.
