Sociology Of Education

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2 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Sociology Of Education.

• Credentialism and degree inflation — The coupled expansion of formal-credential requirements and erosion of the labor-market advantage or informational value of each credential as attainment becomes more common.
• Cultural deprivation — Represent a historically influential deficit explanation that attributes unequal educational attainment to alleged absences of dominant-valued language, knowledge, norms, or family practices, while making its comparison standard and extensive critiques explicit.