But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse?

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

In the Pew survey, middle-class families earning between $30,000 and $75,000 a year fell right between working-class and high-earning parents on issues like the quality of their neighborhood for raising children, participation in extracurricular activitie

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

Meanwhile, growing income inequality has coincided with the increasing importance of a college degree for earning a middle-class wage.

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family life.

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

These students need to build skills and knowledge during college if they are to use their degrees as a stepping-stone to middle-class mobility.

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

"I still grew up in an upper middle-class home with parents who didn't have college degrees," Schneider said. "I don't think people are capable of that anymore. "

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But in the medium term, middle-class workers may need a lot of help adjusting.

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But many middle-class occupations一trucking, financial advice, software engineering一have aroused their interest, or soon will.

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Davidson's article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Gre

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Many first-generation students "struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education, learn the 'rules of the game, 'and take advantage of college resources," they write.

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ