On Feb. 10, Tufts Community Union (TCU) President Duncan Pickard wrote an open letter to the Tufts community, entitled "Let's talk about class," on the need for a dialogue on socioeconomic diversity ...

American higher education has always prepared students for their class position. Educational practice, the student experience and social stratification tend to work in tandem. The curriculum, course ...

In line with former President Clinton's refrain of "mend it, don't end it," affirmative action would better achieve its goal of diversity were it more narrowly tailored. Regardless of how the Supreme ...

A couple of years ago I wrote about the value of having a workforce with a high degree of class diversity. The article focused on what are referred to as "social class transitioners," who are people ...

Every time I encounter a question like the one above, I’m stupefied. The distinction between classes is so ambiguous and my experiences so unquantifiable that I never quite know how to answer. Like 47 ...

Understanding where you fall in the American economic class system isn't as simple as pulling out a calculator or looking at a pay stub. Myriad forces shape individuals' economic class and their views ...

I'm following a thread in SomethingAwful which argues whether a 250K income is upper middle class or rich. I think it's a uniquely American phenomenon for almost everyone to consider themselves middle ...