ENGINES OF INEQUITY: As tuition costs soar, the value of American higher education increasingly accrues to the privileged

摘要

The United States has long been hailed as the country where, with enough hard work and study, anyone can rise from humble origins to the pinnacle of success. This ideal, personified by Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Carnegie, still inspires the young and hopeful. Yet today, upward mobility has become increasingly elusive, particularly during the past few decades.