College and Sociological Imagination

Examine the following data sources.  
What does the data reveal?  Thinking with a sociological imagination, how might you be shaped by where you go to college?

Data Source 1: Economic Diversity and College

This NY Times interactive shows how economically diverse a college is:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/

Data Source 2: Where College Grads Move

WSJ data shows where college grads are likely to move after they graduate.

Here is Indiana U and U of I:

 

Try Accessing the data through this link:

Where Graduates Move After College

Try to make your own conclusions about the data:

What does this data say about your life after college?

On a less personal level, what does this data say about the U.S. in general?

If the link above does not work, these might:

Accessible through this facebook link:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/486893378140308/?multi_permalinks=1004035523092755&notif_id=1532189664367938&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic

For full access to the WSJ when you're on campus, you need to use the following special link: www.wsj.com/highschool

Once there, the fastest way for you (and your students) to find the article you're looking for is to click the search icon and enter the words  "grads database"

The only result that pops up should be "Where Graduates Move After College" and you should all be able to access it. 

Or the original story here:
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/where-graduates-move-after-college/?mod=e2fb

Data Source 3: Where Tech Firms Hire From:

Wired story shows where the largest tech companies get their grads from:
https://www.wired.com/2014/05/alumni-network-2/