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First college class after affirmative action ruling is slightly less diverse
In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious college admissions. Now, data on the first class of students to enter ...
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U.S. Family Net Worth: How To Tell If You’re Poor, Middle Class or Rich
Your social class is an indicator of socioeconomic status that acts as more than a simple metric. It carries a significant ...
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Kamala Harris claims to speak for the middle class — but what does that even mean?
Forward — to a future with a strong and growing middle class," she declared halfway through her address, later promising that expanding that vaguely-defined group in the socioeconomic center ...
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The Truth About Money, Meaning, and Happiness
Does your happiness depend on your income? Research shows how your perception of wealth shapes your sense of purpose and well ...
Add this to the list for improving education: teacher training
How much responsibility do teachers, and teacher-training programs, bear for students' plummeting math scores? A new report ...
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Class action lawsuit highlights socioeconomic inequities for criminal defendants
The class action lawsuit is not intended to figure out how to ... Entirely solving the public defender crisis, however, also demands a nationwide reckoning of the socioeconomic disparities inherent in ...
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People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200,000 a year aren’t even considered upper-class in some U.S. states
The salary range of middle-class homes, representing about 52% of American workers, is of course huge. The lowest salary considered to be in the socioeconomic class is $36,132 in one state ...
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What Salary You Need To Be Middle Class in Every US State
and the minimum income varies by $30,000 The American middle class is a broad socioeconomic group that sits between the wealthy elite and the working poor, typically defined by income level ...
Survey: Scots have best access to culture in UK but class divide exists
National Galleries of Scotland found 49% of people in the UK feel they have easy access to cultural space, with the figure 64 ...
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Are you considered middle class in Texas? Here's how much you have to earn in these cities
Once upon a time, America's "middle class" was once modest yet comfortable. Those who fell between the upper and lower socioeconomic classes could expect a stable home, the ability to build up ...