Will it increase social mobility or class stratification? Generations of social scientists and policymakers have relied on a narrow and idealized conception of college. This is changing.

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Social stratification is the structured ranking of individuals and groups in society, often based on class, race, gender, or income. This video breaks down how inequality is created, maintained, and ...

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That means students from this income group reflect a declining portion of four-year college graduates, reflecting a growing stratification by class in our higher education system.

Occupy Wall Street protestors march in New York City near Zuccotti Park in October 2011. Occupy Wall Street began as a movement to expose the growing class stratification in America. (AP/Craig Ruttle) ...

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The family is where the forces that are driving Americans farther apart—political polarization, generational divides, class stratification, Facebook fights—literally hit home. Economic ...

Growing class division is destabilizing our society, argues author and philosopher Matthew Stewart in a provocative Atlantic magazine cover story. He says there's a group in between the top 0.1 ...