Why luck is the ‘great equalizer’ for people with bachelor’s degrees
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The idea that a college degree levels the playing field for students of different socioeconomic classes has been bolstered in recent years.
The idea that a college degree levels the playing field for students of different socioeconomic classes has been bolstered in recent years. Research from 2011 and 2017, for example, found that earning a bachelor’s degree helped students from less advantaged backgrounds do as well as their better-off peers.