Assortative mating fundamentally shapes the characteristics of families and the reproduction
of populations. It organizes people into families and determines the characteristics of …

Education correlates strongly with most important social and economic outcomes such as
economic success, health, family stability, and social connections. Theories of stratification …

When I started writing this book, I knew I'd need to read piles of research but failed to foresee
the enormity of the piles. Education isn't just a major industry; it inspires researchers' …

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up onto the party pathway that defines a swath of undergraduate social life at this university …

In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A
bachelor's degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A fascinating explanation for why white America has
become fractured and divided in education and class, from the acclaimed author of Human …

In recent decades, social work and other social science research disciplines have become
increasingly reliant on large secondary data sets, which have increased in both number and …

In an era of fixed or even shrinking resources, can the quality of collegiate education be
improved at no additional cost? Can students get more out of college without spending more …

Few books have ever made their presence felt on college campuses—and newspaper
opinion pages—as quickly and thoroughly as Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa's 2011 …

In the emotional public debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that
middle-class women" choose" whether or not to work, while working class" need" to work …