Paul Tough

CM 168: Deirdre Mask on How Addresses Change Lives

What can a simple street address reveal about a person’s identity, race, wealth and power? For many of us, an address is something we don’t spend a lot of time thinking about. It may be a string of numbers and letters we type into a GPS. A place we call home. Or just a placeholder…

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CM 143: Paul Tough on How College Makes or Breaks Us

Does college have a greater impact on the lives we lead than we ever imagined? Is college still a tool for upward mobility or is the system engineered to advance the wealthy? Paul Tough, author of the book, The Years that Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us, answers this question and more. For…

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