ABSTRACT
Parental income is a better predictor of a child in America than it is in much of Europe, implying that social mobility is less powerful. The poor person at the rich college becomes dependent on others for status and transfer of social and cultural capital. The major macro-economic disparity inhibiting the poor student from reaching the expensive and esteemed school is addressed by local and national scholarships, need-based and performance-based fellowships, and federal financial aid. Social movements are considered a part of civil society, as they typically bring together multiple organizations and many individuals all with the same common cause. Individual help is regarded as less effective than that which comes from organized civil society or the government due to the comparative lack of resources of the average individual relative to an organization. The government is showing increasing interest in prevention of bullying in schools.
