Why So Many New Graduates of Elite Colleges Flock to the Same Ki

Why So Many New Graduates of Elite Colleges Flock to the Same Kinds of Jobs

Chronicle of Higher Education

 

November 24, 2015

 

New graduates of elite colleges are concentrated in just a few career paths, in consulting, finance, and tech. Why is that? Amy J. Binder, a professor of sociology at the University of California at San Diego, wanted to find out, so she and her collaborators studied how students at Harvard and Stanford Universities are channeled into those fields — what the researchers call "career funneling."