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The William T. Grant Foundation was established in 1936, originally as the Grant Foundation, by American businessman and philanthropist William Thomas Grant. In 1938, the Foundation funded its first major research project, the Grant Study at Harvard University , in which some of the subjects were followed for over 75 years. [ 4 ]
A particular focus of his research has been school structure, educational inequality, and school reform. [ 3 ] In 2013 he became the president of the William T. Grant Foundation, which funds social science research meant to improve the lives of young people.
Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States is a book about color-blind racism in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, a sociology professor at Duke University.
Cumulative inequality theory or cumulative disadvantage theory is the systematic explanation of how inequalities develop. The theory was initially developed by Merton in 1988, [ 1 ] who studied the sciences and prestige.
the ghost in the machine (each of us has a soul that makes choices free from biology)—dualism [1] Much of the book is dedicated to examining fears of the social and political consequences of his view of human nature: "the fear of inequality" "the fear of imperfectibility" "the fear of determinism" "the fear of nihilism"
Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life is a 2012 anthology book co-authored by sociologist Karen Fields and her sister, historian Barbara J. Fields. The book examines the origins and production of race and racism in the United States .
James Samuel Coleman (May 12, 1926 – March 25, 1995) was an American sociologist, theorist, and empirical researcher, based chiefly at the University of Chicago. [1] [2]He served as president of the American Sociological Association in 1991–1992.
He retired from both the W. T. Grant Company and the Grant Foundation at age 90, yet still served in an honorary capacity until his death in 1972 in Greenwich, CT at age 96. By that time his nationwide empire of W. T. Grant Co. (Grants) and Grant City stores had grown to almost 1,200, although the company failed in 1975 and was soon liquidated.