Sutton Trust
Project Title
For support of a research on the relationship between higher education and social mobility
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Since 1997, the Sutton Trust has worked to address the fact that the educational opportunities and life chances of a child born today are strongly linked to their parents’ socio-economic background, regardless of talent or effort. Sutton Trust and the Corporation have a strong history of partnership, hosting summits on issues including higher education access and evidence-based teaching in schools. With support from the Corporation, Sutton Trust will commission a major piece of research exploring the role that higher education is playing in social mobility internationally, looking at examples of multiple countries with high and low social mobility and how their respective higher education systems are contributing to these outcomes. Building on this research, they will then host a joint summit in London in 2025 exploring three key themes: funding higher education sustainably, the value of higher education in the modern economy, and the future for widening higher education participation. The event will provide an opportunity for a constructive information exchange between policymakers, researchers, and other experts from both countries, focusing on significant questions the U.S. and U.K. are asking about the role of higher education in promoting increased social mobility.
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Project Title
For two international convenings on social mobility and education
Date
Sep. 17, 2015
Duration
34 months
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Project Title
Toward a summit on social mobility
Date
Dec. 06, 2007
Duration
53 months