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Direct linkLindley, Joanne; Machin, Stephen – Sutton Trust, 2013
This report revisits the debate about why social mobility levels are relatively low in Great Britain and the United States of America compared to other countries. It focuses on three main areas within this debate: (1) the changing role of educational inequalities; (2) the expectation of ever higher levels of education as revealed in increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Mobility, Equal Education, Academic Degrees
Download full textAyscue, Jennifer B.; Greenberg, Alyssa – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2013
Though once a leader in school integration, Massachusetts has regressed over the last two decades as its students of color have experienced intensifying school segregation. This report investigates trends in school segregation in Massachusetts by examining concentration, exposure, and evenness measures by both race and class. First, the report…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Minority Group Students, Racial Composition, Social Class
United Nations New York, NY. Dept. of Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis. – 1995
This publication presents data from the current revision of estimates and projections of the size and growth of urban and rural populations for all countries of the world. The publication also contains revised estimates and projections for all urban agglomerations of at least 750,000 inhabitants in 1994. The revisions are part of a series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Geography, Population Distribution, Population Growth
Sargant, Naomi; Field, John; Francis, Hywel; Schuller, Tom; Tuckett, Alan – 1997
Adult participation in education and learning in the United Kingdom was examined through a Gallup survey of a stratified (by region and town size) national sample of 4,673 adults aged 17 years and over from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Interviewers were given quotas for sex by respondents' age, class, and employment status.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Comparative Analysis
Green, Patricia J.; And Others – 1995
This report presents data from three longitudinal studies conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. The National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972, the High School and Beyond study, and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) were all designed to assess the educational experiences and achievements of high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Cohort Analysis, College Bound Students
Tuckett, Alan; Sargant, Naomi – 1999
Adult participation in education in the United Kingdom in 1999 was examined in a survey during which a sample of 5,054 adults over the age of 17 (2,366 men and 2,688 women) throughout the United Kingdom were interviewed. The following were among the major findings: (1) 23% of adults enrolled in courses were taking computer courses; (2) the rate of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences
