Noun
upward mobility
(sociology) Ability to advance to better-paid or better-regarded social strata.
But as I pursued that dream of upward mobility preparing for college, things just didn't fit together. As I read Scriptures about how the last will be first, I started wondering why I was working so hard to be first. Shane Claiborne
My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence. Sarah Waters
By exploiting material wealth confiscated and plundered in a racial war, Hitler's National Socialism achieved an unprecedented level of economic equality and created vast new opportunities for upward mobility for the German people. Gotz Aly
I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed, the upward mobility I've been after my whole life. Ian Schrager
The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream. Madeleine M. Kunin
If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin. Madeleine M. Kunin