# Education and Society ## expand\_more ![Education and Society](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/sociology/files/shutterstock_520698799.jpg) Schools and colleges are transforming the lives of individual learners and their families. They play a core role in society. At the same time, they are continuously transformed by politics, markets, and scientific, technological, and cultural change. Sociologists of education and higher education at Harvard are engaged in basic and applied research, both contemporary and historical, and focusing on the United States as well as on cross-national and cross-cultural analyses. The broad array of research in this cluster applies core sociological concepts, such as equity and (in)equality; race and ethnicity; social networks; immigration; stratification; organizations; culture; social mobility; socialization and others to the study of education. The research cluster has links to the Graduate School of Education (GSE), the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Education, the Secondary Field in Education Studies and the Mahindra Seminar on Universities: Past, Present and Future. [Affiliated Graduate Students](/people/research-clusters-grad/education-and-society) ## Associated Faculty [### Deirdre Bloome ](/people/deirdre-bloome-0) [### Christina Ciocca Eller ](/people/christina-ciocca-eller) [### Emily Fairchild ](/people/emily-fairchild) [### Manja Klemenčič ](/people/manja-klemen%C4%8Di%C4%8D) [### Joscha Legewie ](/people/joscha-legewie) [### Amelia O'Halloran ](/people/amelia-ohalloran) ## News related to Education and Society [### Manja Klemenčič edits open-access Bloomsbury Handbook ](/news/manja-klemen%C4%8Di%C4%8D-publishes-bloomsbury-handbook-student-politics-and-representation) February 21, 2024 Manja Klemenčič edited the open-access Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Politics and Representation in Higher Education having trained student leaders across the globe to contribute chapters along with established researchers. ![handbook cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/sociology/files/image.png?itok=zpIj_A7U) [### Christina Ciocca Eller's recent paper urges college ratings focused on real-life outcomes ](/news/christina-ciocca-ellers-recent-paper-urges-college-ratings-focused-real-life-outcomes) February 14, 2024 Harvard Gazette discusses Christina Ciocca Eller's research in a paper published this month in the Journal of American Sociology. Ciocca Eller calls for new government and media ratings that measure how U.S. institutions of higher education shape the... ![CCEller portrait on street](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/111623_Eller_Christina_03-2048x1366.jpg?itok=10znYejz) ## Related Publications Download 4 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=show_more&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_country%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_featuredpublications%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_researchclusters%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=168309&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=show_more&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_country%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_featuredpublications%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_researchclusters%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=168309&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=show_more&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_country%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_featuredpublications%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_researchclusters%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=168309&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=show_more&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_country%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_featuredpublications%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_researchclusters%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=168309&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=show_more&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_country%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_featuredpublications%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_researchclusters%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=168309&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=show_more&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_country%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_featuredpublications%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_researchclusters%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=168309&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=show_more&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_country%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_featuredpublications%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_researchclusters%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=168309&&&format=ris) Klemenčič, M., & Hoidn, S. (n.d.). *[The Routledge International Handbook of Student-centered Learning and Teaching in Higher Education](/publications/routledge-international-handbook-student-centered-learning-and-teaching)* (1st ed., p. 664). Routledge. Klemenčič, M., & Hoidn, S. (n.d.). *[The Routledge International Handbook of Student-centered Learning and Teaching in Higher Education](/publications/routledge-international-handbook-student-centered-learning-and-teaching)* (1st ed., p. 664). Routledge. Cross, C. J. (2020). [Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Family Structure and Children’s Education](/publications/racialethnic-differences-association-between-family-structure-and-children%E2%80%99s). *Journal of Marriage and Family*, *81*(2), 691-712. Cross, C. J. (2020). [Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Family Structure and Children’s Education](/publications/racialethnic-differences-association-between-family-structure-and-children%E2%80%99s). *Journal of Marriage and Family*, *81*(2), 691-712. Manja Klemenčič. (2020). *[Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions](/publications/encyclopedia-international-higher-education-systems-and-institutions)* (1st ed., p. 2924). Springer. Manja Klemenčič. (2020). *[Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions](/publications/encyclopedia-international-higher-education-systems-and-institutions)* (1st ed., p. 2924). Springer. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789401789042#aboutAuthors) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789401789042#aboutAuthors) Show morerefresh