Social Mobility and the American Dream: What Do College Students Believe?

Autor/in	Abowitz, Deborah A.
Titel	Social Mobility and the American Dream: What Do College Students Believe?
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 39 (2005) 4, S.716-728 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Democratic Values; College Students; Social Mobility; Student Attitudes; Socioeconomic Status; Ability; Achievement; Comparative Analysis; Family Characteristics; Questionnaires; Education Work Relationship; Social Class + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Soziale Mobilität; Schülerverhalten; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Performance; Leistung; Fragebogen; Social classes; Soziale Klasse
Abstract	This paper focuses on college students' views of the American class system and the extent to which they see it as an open system of contest mobility, in which individual effort and ability determine achievement and social standing, or as a system of sponsorship, in which family connections determine class position. The effects of family class position, income, gender, and other status variables are examined. The data come from a confidential survey questionnaire administered to a random sample of 154 undergraduates from a mid-Atlantic liberal arts university. Conclusions and implications of the data are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10