Whenever the American dream is mentioned, we usually think about upward social and economic mobility and, more specifically, how people achieve more than prior generations. A college or university degree is often the conduit through which such climbing happens. But what does the process of educational mobility look like in reality? And in what ways might such a climb differ among college students of distinct backgrounds? In this talk, Professor Roscigno shares several lessons learned—about obstacles to mobility but also resilience and success—from his own unique study of 1,000 college freshmen that he followed throughout the entirety of their college years.
Vincent Roscigno is an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology. He has spent the entirety of his career thus far, since 1996, at The Ohio State University. He studies social stratification and inequality, processes of social mobility, and outcomes and experiences within educational institutions and workplaces.
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