Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Why are working class kids less likely to get elite jobs? They study too hard at college.

Author(s): 
Henry Farrell
Publication Date: 
September 23, 2015
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Lauren Rivera is an associate professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of management. Her recent book, “Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs,” examines how inequality is produced by subtle social patterns of education and informal skills as well as big political and economic forces. I asked her four questions about the book. Read more » about Why are working class kids less likely to get elite jobs? They study too hard at college.



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This article by Henry Farrell originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on September 24, 2015 at 04:50AM

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