On The Edge Of Commitment: Educational Attainment And Race In The United States - Couverture rigide

Morgan, Stephen

 
9780804744195: On The Edge Of Commitment: Educational Attainment And Race In The United States
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 080474419X ISBN 13 : 9780804744195
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stephen L. Morgan is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell University.

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
080474419X
ISBN 13 
9780804744195
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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