Parents, students, and consumers are assessing whether higher education is worth its current price. There has been a major shift in who pays for higher education and cyclical chain of distributing the costs of education has created a major shift from parent to student. (MLW)

The effects of family configuration, family income, and child gender on academic achievement were examined in 239 latchkey children in grades 3 through 5. Found that children of single parents scored lower on reading and language measures in grade four than children in two-parent families. Girls scored higher than boys in reading in grade four.…

Analysis of census data indicates that the proportions of children in both the wealthiest and poorest families increased during the 1980s, associated with increasing female-headed families and changing patterns of maternal employment. Moreover, increasing racial differences in family structure exacerbated income inequality between African-American…

Examined how income and family structure affect Black-White differences in intergenerational financial flows, focusing on two-way flow between parents and children in years immediately after high school and how these flows influence educational expectations. Findings from data from High School and Beyond survey showed that Black young adults…

A study of the impact of the Hope Scholarship, a federal program that gives families of college students a tax benefit, has had in Georgia found that the college attendance rate has increased. However, the gap between blacks and whites and between those from high- and low-income families has widened. (JOW)

Psychometric properties of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) were examined. Findings suggested that the CDI reflects the progress of language development within the age range 10 to 27 months. Findings support caution in using results to identify individuals at risk for language deficits, to compare groups with different…

Individual factors, such as socioeconomic background and streaming choices (at the secondary level), contribute significantly to educational inequalities. Families have unequal resources to manage their children's schooling careers in an increasingly complex, decentralized system. The class or school attended widens gaps in academic results and…

Examines impact of presidential candidate George W. Bush's proposed tax cuts on families of various income levels. Discusses how replacing current five-rates with four lower rates would reduce high marginal tax rates for moderate-income working families, focusing on effects of reporting tax breaks in terms of actual dollars rather than…

Examines the relationship between quality of child care program and family income through a regression analysis of 99 child care centers in Boston. Data from interviews with directors of high-, middle-, and low-income programs demonstrate notable differences between programs, with quality improving substantially in high-income programs. Teachers…

Analyzed the effects of family income and financial aid on college students' persistence at Iona College, New York. Institutional data on family demographics, academic achievement, and financial variables indicated that financial aid did not significantly affect persistence. Although students from families with greater incomes tended to persist,…

Examines the impact of parental wealth on their children's educational attainment using data from the 1984 Panel Study of Income Dynamics investigating the educational outcomes of the children in 1995. Demonstrates that parental wealth, as measured by net worth, has a strong nonlinear effect on the postsecondary schooling of offspring. (CMK)

Explores the social class/parental agency relationship by analyzing findings of a qualitative research project exploring parental voice in British secondary schools. A typology of parental interventions illustrates differentials in parents' access to and deployment of social, cultural, and material resources. Occupational pathways and spatial…

I examine age variation in the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on self-rated health in Korea by including three alternative indicators of SES--liquid assets, home ownership, and real estate ownership--as well as two standard measures of education and household income. Furthermore, I consider the SES-health relationship and its variation by…

Emotional intelligence (EI) was measured in 200 youth ages 16-19. EI scores were compared to demographic characteristics of the individuals (age, sex, household income, parents' level of education, and location of residence). Findings indicate that EI levels were positively related to females, parents' education, and household income. The study…

Everyone has read about what might be called the "gold gap"--how the rich in this country are getting richer and controlling an ever-larger share of the nation's wealth. The Century Foundation has started publishing "Reality Check", a series of guides to campaign issues that sometimes finds gaps in these types of cherished delusions. The guides…