Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, this study of 3,171 individuals 13-14 years after high school graduation found, when educational attainment is held constant, students initially enrolling in a 2-year vs. 4-year colleges are not significantly disadvantaged in occupational and economic attainments.…

Discusses parents' responses to open-ended questions about changes in early elementary programs initiated by the Kentucky Education Reform Act. Changes include ungraded primary programs and student progress reports to parents. (BB)

The article examines why women and young girls are predisposed to tobacco use, what gender-based variables are at play, what external variables facilitate the initiation of tobacco use, why women continue to smoke, and what intervention strategies can address females and at-risk subgroups. (SM)

Examines educational attainment and percentage of holders of matriculation certificates among foreign-born and Israeli-born adult children of Iraqi and Romanian immigrants who arrived in Israel 1948-51. Discusses patterns of educational attainment in terms of ethnic group differences in socioeconomic resources, within-group social stratification,…

Describes perspectives of several families whose children dropped out of school. Audiotaped interviews with 3 or more members of 12 families reveal hostile views toward schooling and a 2-generation history of poor academic performance. School was a series of academic failures, conflicts, disciplinary hearings, suspensions, and expulsions. Dropping…

Explains the persistence of inequality between blacks and whites despite changes since 1960, noting why a gap persists in the school performances of the two groups. The article looks at the difference between class stratification and racial stratification and then discusses civil rights, social change, and the educational consequences of racial…

Responds to Maureen Hallinan's review of research and recommendations regarding grouping students for instructional purposes. Contends that ability grouping is much more than an administrative practice. Concludes that the school's normative, social, and political climate should be the object of reform. (CFR)

Examines the issue of equal access to educational technology. Highlights include new technology growth, relative wealth and access to educational technology, ethnicity and access, less constructive learning as a result of limited access, school districts with the greatest need, and investing in quality access for future employment. (AEF)

Analysis of data on 3,277 children in the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth dataset examined effects on children's mental health of family poverty and 3 residential characteristics (urbanicity, neighborhood poverty, and neighborhood racial homogeneity). Poverty negatively affected children's mental health overall, while…

Constructs a descriptive profile of the status of minority college faculty. The rapidly changing demographics of U.S. society make it imperative that one observe how postsecondary education institutions have responded to increasing minority representation. Increases have been largest for Asian American faculty and smallest for Blacks. (SLD)

A study of 420 multiple-transfer students enrolled at a large, public, urban university found that students moved along 4 transfer paths before enrolling at the university, where they comprised one-fifth of undergraduates. Paths differed on demographic, institutional, and interaction variables. Overall, they were academic achievers with high…

A larger proportion of nonmetropolitan elderly assess their health as fair or poor when compared to elderly living in metropolitan areas. In addition, larger proportions of elderly living in nonmetropolitan areas have less than a high school education and income below $20,000--factors contributing to a higher incidence of poor health. (LP)

Describes a study that investigated a home/school computer project and its effects on reading, language, and mathematics achievement on 142 fourth- and fifth-grade students as well as equity issues relating to gender, academic aptitude, and socioeconomic status. Results indicate that participation was not associated with increased academic…

Investigates ways in which social capital made available in an immigrant community contributes to the adaptation of the younger generation. Findings from Vietnamese youth living in New Orleans indicate that strong positive immigrant cultural conformity and constructive forms of behavior provide disadvantaged children with an adaptive advantage.…

Examined differences in Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scores between persons of differing educational levels and family income in the MMPI-2 normative sample to determine if MMPI-2 scores are differentially accurate in predicting relevant extra-test characteristics of persons of differing socioeconomic levels. MMPI-2…