This paper reviews a diverse literature on gender and higher education. Gender inequality is
more pronounced in some aspects of the educational systems than in others. The analysis …

Although sociologists have found direct links between parents' education and the high
school and college educational attainments of their offspring, researchers have been …

In an era of rising college costs and stagnant grant-based student aid, many young adults
rely on their parents' resources and student loans to pay for their postsecondary education …

This study develops a comprehensive theoretical framework regarding the evolution of the
class divide in postsecondary education. I conceptualize three prototypes of class inequality …

Abstract Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth we examine processes by which
students enter lucrative fields of study, selective colleges, and lucrative fields within selective …

As more Americans enter college than ever before, their pathways through the broadly
differentiated higher education system are changing. Movement in, out, and among …

This article uses four data sets to assess changes in the relative weights of test-and
performance-based merit criteria on college enrollment during the 1980s and 1990s and …

Bachelor's degree (BA) completion is lower among black students than among white
students. In this study, we use data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 and the …

For several decades now, social scientists interested in the relationship between higher
education and social stratification have directed their research efforts toward evaluating how …

Los Angeles is a city of delicate racial and ethnic balance. As evidenced by the 1965 Watts
violence, the 1992 Rodney King riots, and this year's award-winning film Crash, the city's …