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On the edge of commitment : educational attainment and race in the United States
- Title
- On the edge of commitment : educational attainment and race in the United States / Stephen L. Morgan.
- Author
- Morgan, Stephen L. (Stephen Lawrence), 1971-
- Publication
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2005.
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- Description
- xv, 241 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The importance of educational certification for labor market success has increased since the 1970s. But social sciences still cannot answer a fundamental question: Who goes to college and why? In On the Edge of Commitment, Stephen L. Morgan offers a new model of educational achievement to explain why some students are committed to preparation for college. Morgan's model unites in one common framework the forward-looking cost-benefit assessments of students with social influence processes. The model is then used to explain puzzling race differences in patterns of high school achievement and subsequent rates of college enrollment. The book, using this model, makes a major theoretical statement on the process of educational achievement, which will help to launch a new generation of empirical work.
- Series Statement
- Studies in social inequality
- Uniform Title
- Studies in social inequality.
- Subject
- Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States
- College attendance > United States
- Educational equalization > United States
- Educational attainment > United States
- Minorities > Education (Higher)
- Educational equalization
- College attendance
- Educational attainment
- Bildung
- Gleichberechtigung
- Minderheit
- Minderheden
- Hoger onderwijs
- Onderwijsparticipatie
- Gelijke kansen
- Enseignement supérieur
- Effectif étudiant
- Accès à l'éducation
- Minorité
- Élève issu des minorités
- United States
- USA
- États-Unis
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.
- Contents
- Why do we need a new model of educational attainment? -- Expectation formation and the status socialization theory of educational attainment -- Do beliefs matter? : a reanalysis of the relationship between educational expectations and attainment -- The generation of preparatory commitment from forward-looking beliefs -- The evolution of the beliefs that determine commitment -- Incorporating imitative and normative sources of commitment -- A new agenda for the sociology of educational attainment.
- ISBN
- 080474419X
- 9780804744195
- LCCN
- 2004018556
- OCLC
- ocm56371656
- 56371656
- SCSB-8920298
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library