This scholarly study examines social promotion in France through the intersection of education, employment policy, and adult training. It considers how institutions, qualifications, and workplace opportunities shape access to advancement for workers and adults outside traditional school pathways. Based on analysis rather than narrative storytelling, the volume places French approaches to adult learning and occupational training within broader debates about equality, class mobility, and state policy. It is relevant to readers interested in sociology, education systems, labor-market reform, and the relationship between professional formation and social mobility in late twentieth-century France.