social mobility

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"Apprenticeships have the potential to be a powerful tool for social mobility, offering an alternative route to highly skilled industries," he said.

From BBC

The rise of the car was intertwined with the social mobility of the tens of thousands of workers who toiled in auto plants—not an imposition on the city but a literal product of it.

From Slate

The screaming over “wokeness” and “DEI” is just another Trojan horse for a relentless effort to dismantle a pillar of American democracy that, for all of its flaws, is still one of the country’s most powerful engines for economic and social mobility.

From Seattle Times

Despite the shaking up, the themes of this “Great Expectations” are essentially those of the novel: the issues surrounding class and social mobility, the choices available to men and women, the loss of innocence, the allure and power of money and status.

From New York Times

The 20-something Frost is, in many ways, typical of a generation that, as economist Raj Chetty and others have found, has a much lower chance of social mobility than their parents.

From Washington Post