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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
Explore your social class: Go to the following website and explore your current OR your anticipated (after you graduate and pursue a career) social class. Use the “Components of Class” interactive graphic to determine your social class. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.htmlDiscuss your findings and their implications for your life chances (Weber’s term to refer to the relationship between social position and levels of education, occupational status, health, etc.).
2. Next, open the “Income Mobility” tab on this site and evaluate the data: To what extent do folks in the US experience upward or downward social (income) mobility? How does the concept of mobility relate to the concept of the American dream?
3. How do social scientists distinguish between high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries? Discuss the correlates of global poverty. What accounts for severe and extensive poverty throughout much of the world?
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