Social-conflict theory links formal education to social inequality to show how schooling transforms privilege into personal worthiness and disadvantage into personal deficiency. However, the social- conflict approach overlooks the extent to which finishing a degree re- flects plenty of hard work and the extent to which schooling provides upward mobility for talented women and men from all backgrounds. In addition, despite claims that schooling supports the status quo, today’s college curricula challenge social inequality on many fronts. Check Your Learning Explain several ways in which educa- tion is linked to social inequality.

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