The Net Black Advantage in Educational Transitions: An Education Careers Approach

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 895-924

  Merolla, David M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aspirations; educational attainment; educational careers; net black advantage; racial disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884548627     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831213486511     Document Type: Article

References (80)

1. Alexander K. L.,Holupka S.,Pallas A. M.Research in stratification and mobility. Robinson R. V., ed. Greenwich, CT: JAI; 1987a:161-185.
2. Alexander K. L.,Holupka S.,Pallas A. M.Social background and academic determinants of two-year versus four-year college attendance: Evidence from two cohorts a decade apart.American Journal of Education. 1987b;96 (1): 56-80.
3. Anderson J. D.The education of Blacks in the south, 1860-1935. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press; 1988:.
4. Aschaffenburg K.,Maas I.Cultural and educational careers: The dynamics of social reproduction.American Sociological Review. 1997;62 (4): 573-587.
5. Aud S.,Hussar W.,Johnson F.,Kena G.,Roth E.,Manning E., Zhang J.The condition of education 2012. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; 2012:.
6. Bauman K. J.Schools, markets, and family in the history of African-American education.American Journal of Education. 1998;106 (4): 500-531.
7. Bennett P. R.,Lutz A.How African American is the net Black college advantage? Differences in college attendance among immigrant Blacks, native Blacks and Whites.Sociology of Education. 2009;82 (1): 70-99.
8. Bennett P. R.,Xie Y.Revisiting racial differences in college attendance: The role of historically Black colleges and universities.American Sociological Review. 2003;68 (4): 567-580.
9. Black S.,Sufi A.Who goes to college? Differential enrollment by race and family background. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research; 2002:.
10. Blake J.Family size and the quality of children.Demography. 1981;18 (4): 421-442.
11. Blake J.Family size and achievement. Berkeley: University of California Press; 1989:.
12. Blau J.,Moller S.,Jones L.Why test? Talent loss and enrollment loss.Social Science Research. 2004;33 (3): 409-434.
13. Bourdieu P.,Passeron J. C.Reproduction in education, society and culture. London, UK: Sage; 1977:.
14. Buchmann C.,Diprete T.The growing female advantage in college completion: The role of family background and academic characteristics.American Sociological Review. 2007;71 (4): 515-541.
15. Cairns R. B.,Cairns B. D.,Neckerman H. J.Early school dropout: Configurations and determinants.Child Development. 1989;60 (6): 1437-1452.
16. Cameron S.,Heckman J.Dynamics of educational attainment for Black, Hispanic and White males.Journal of Political Economy. 2001;109 (31): 455-499.
17. Charles C.,Roscigno V.,Torres K.Racial inequality and college attendance: The mediating role of parental investments.Social Science Research. 2007;36 (1): 329-352.
18. Cucchiara M. B.,Horvat E. M.Perils and promises: Middle-class parental involvement in urban schools.American Educational Research Journal. 2009;46 (4): 974-1004.
19. Cui J.,Qian G.Selection of working correlation structure and best model in GEE analysis of longitudinal data.Communication in Statistics-Simulation and Computation. 2007;36 (5): 987-996.
20. Domina T.What works in college outreach: Assessing targeted and school-wide interventions for disadvantaged students.Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 2009;31 (2): 127-152.
21. Downey D. B.When bigger is not better: Family size, parental resources and children's educational performance.American Sociological Review. 1995;60 (3): 746-761.
22. Downey D. B.Black/White differences in school performance: The oppositional culture explanation.Annual Review of Sociology. 2008;34:107-126.
23. Downey D.,Ainsworth J.,Qian Z.Rethinking the attitude achievement paradox among Blacks.Sociology of Education. 2009;82 (1): 1-19.
24. Downey D. B.,Ainsworth-Darnell J. W.The search for oppositional culture among Black students.American Sociological Review. 2002;67 (1): 156-164.
25. Du Bois W. E. B.The souls of Black folk. Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg; 1903:.
26. Entwisle D.,Alexander K. W.,Olson L. S.First grade and educational attainment by age 22: A new story.American Journal of Sociology. 2005;110 (5): 1458-1502.
27. Fordham S.,Ogbu J.Black students' school success: Coping with the burden of "acting white.".Urban Review. 1986;18 (3): 176-206.
28. Goldberg C.,Gallimore R.,Reese L.,Garnier H.Cause or effect? A longitudinal study of immigrant Latino parents' aspirations and expectations and their children's performance.American Educational Research Journal. 2001;38 (3): 547-582.
29. Hansen M. N.Rational action theory and educational attainment: Changes in the impact of economic resources.European Sociological Review. 2008;24 (1): 1-17.
30. Hanson S. L.Lost talent: Unrealized aspirations and expectations among US youth.Sociology of Education. 1994;67 (3): 159-183.
31. Harris A.I (don't) hate high school: Revisiting the "oppositional culture" theory of Blacks' resistance to schooling.Social Forces. 2006;85 (4): 797-834.
32. Harris A.Kids don't want to fail: Oppositional culture and the Black-White achievement gap. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 2011:.
33. Hauser R. M.Studies of supply and demand in higher education. Clotfelter C. T.Rothschild M., ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press; 1993:61-104.
34. HeckmanJ.LaFointaineP. A. (2007). The American high school graduation rate: Trends and levels (IZA Discussion Paper 3216). Retrieved from http://ftp.iza.org/dp3216.pdf.
35. Hill L. D.School strategies and the "college-linking" process: Reconsidering the effects of high schools on college enrollment.Sociology of Education. 2008;81 (1): 53-76.
36. Horvat E.,Weininger E. B.,Lareau A.From social ties to social capital: Class differences in the relations between schools and parent networks.American Educational Research Journal. 2003;40 (2): 319-351.
37. Kane J.,Spizman L. M.Race, financial aid awards and college attendance: Parents and geography matter.American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 1994;53 (1): 85-97.
38. Kao G.,Tienda M.Educational aspirations of minority youth.American Educational Research Journal. 1998;106 (3): 349-384.
39. Keith V.,Finlay B.The impact of parental divorce on children's educational attainment, marital timing and likelihood of divorce.Journal of Marriage and Family. 1988;50 (3): 797-809.
40. Kerckhoff A.,Campbell R.Black-White differences in the educational attainment process.Sociology of Education. 1977;50 (1): 15-27.
41. Lareau A.Unequal childhoods: Race class and family life. Berkeley: University of California Press; 2003:.
42. Lucas S. R.Effectively maintained inequality: Education transitions, track mobility and social background effects.American Journal of Sociology. 2001;106 (6): 1642-1690.
43. MacKinnon D.,Dwyer J.Estimating mediated effects in prevention studies.Evaluation Review. 1993;17 (2): 144-158.
44. Mare R. D.Social background and school continuation decisions.Journal of the American Statistical Association. 1980;75 (37): 295-305.
45. Mastekaasa A.Educational transitions at graduate level: Social origins and enrollment in PhD programs in Norway.Acta Sociologica. 2003;49 (4): 437-453.
46. Matthew E. M.Effort optimism in the classroom: Attitudes of Black and White students on education, social structure and causes of life opportunities.Sociology of Education. 2011;84 (3): 225-245.
47. McLeod J.,Fettes D.Trajectories of failure: The educational careers of children with mental health problems.American Journal of Sociology. 2007;113 (3): 653-701.
48. Mickelson R.The attitude-achievement paradox among Black adolescents.Sociology of Education. 1990;63 (1): 44-61.
49. Mickelson R.When are racial disparities in education the result of racial discrimination? A social science perspective.Teachers College Record. 2003;105 (6): 1052-1086.
50. Mizell A.African American men's personal sense of mastery: The consequences of adolescent environment, self-concept and adult achievement.Journal of Black Psychology. 1999;25 (2): 210-230.
51. Moore K.Class formations: Competing forms of Black middle class identity.Ethnicities. 2008;8 (4): 492-517.
52. Morgan S.Trends in Black/White differences in educational expectations.Sociology of Education. 1996;69 (4): 308-319.
53. Morgan S.On the edge of commitment: Educational attainment and race in the United States. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press; 2005:.
54. Myers D.,Olsen R.,Seftor N.,Young J.,Tuttle C.The impacts of regular Upward Bound: Results from the third follow-up data collection. Washington, DC: Mathmatica Policy Research; 2004:.
55. O'Conner C.Dispositions toward (collective) struggle and educational resilience in the inner city: An analysis of six African American high school students.American Educational Research Journal. 1997;34 (4): 593-629.
56. Ogbu J.Black American students in an affluent suburb: A study of academic disengagement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; 2003:.
57. Ogbu J.,Simons H.Voluntary and involuntary minorities: A cultural ecological theory of school performance with some implications for education.Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 1998;29 (2): 155-188.
58. Portes A.,Wilson K.Black/White differences in educational attainment.American Sociological Review. 1976;41 (2): 414-431.
59. Rafferty A.,Hout M.Maximally maintained inequality: Expansion reform and opportunity in Irish education 1921-1975.Sociology of Education. 1993;66 (1): 41-62.
60. Ream R. K.,Palardy G. J.Reexamining social class differences in the availability and the educational utility of parental social capital.American Educational Research Journal. 2008;45 (2): 238-273.
61. Ream R. K.,Rumberger R. W.Student engagement, peer social capital and dropout among Mexican American and non-Latino White students.Sociology of Education. 2008;81 (2): 109-139.
62. Reisel L.Two pathways to inequality in educational outcomes: Family background and educational selection in the United States and Norway.Sociology of Education. 2011;84 (4): 261-280.
63. Reynolds J.,Johnson M. K.Change in the stratification of educational expectations and their realization.Social Forces. 2001;90 (1): 85-109.
64. Rivkin S. G.Black/White differences in schooling and employment.Journal of Human Resources. 1995;30 (4): 826-852.
65. Roscigno V. J.,Ainsworth-Darnell J.Race, cultural capital and educational resources: Persistent inequalities and achievement returns.Sociology of Education. 1999;72 (3): 157-178.
66. Roscigno V. J.,Tomaskovic-Devey D.,Crowley M.Education and the inequalities of place.Social Forces. 2006;84 (4): 2121-2145.
67. Rumberger R. W.Dropping out of high school: The influence of race, sex, and family background.American Educational Research Journal. 1983;20 (2): 199-220.
68. Rumberger R. W.Dropping out of middle school: A multilevel analysis of students and schools.American Educational Research Journal. 1995;32 (3): 583-625.
69. Sandefur G. D.,McLanahan S.,Wojtkiewicz R.The effects of parental marital status during adolescence on high school graduation.Social Forces. 1992;71 (1): 103-121.
70. Shavit Y.,Blossfeld H. P.Persistent inequality: Changing educational attainment in thirteen countries. Boulder, CO: Westview; 1993:.
71. Singer J.,Willet J.It's about time: Using discrete-time survival analysis to study duration and timing of events.Journal of Educational Statistics. 1993;18 (2): 155-195.
72. Speak Out Foundation. (2009). Barack Obama on education. On the Issues. Retrieved from http://www.issues2000.org/social/barack_obama_education.htm.
73. Stearns E.,Moller S.,Blau J.,Potochnick S.Staying back and dropping out: The relationship between grade retention and school dropout.Sociology of Education. 2007;80 (3): 210-240.
74. Stewart E.,Stewart E. A.,Simons R. L.The effect of neighborhood context on the college aspirations of African Americans.American Educational Research Journal. 2007;44 (4): 896-919.
75. ToughP. (2004, December12). Acting White: The myth. New York Times Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/12ACTING.html.
76. Tyson K.,Darity W.,Castellino D.It's not a "Black thing": Understanding the burden of acting White and other dilemmas of high achievement.American Sociological Review. 2005;70 (4): 582-605.
77. Current Population Survey: 2010 annual social and economic supplement. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office; 2010:.
78. Ward N.Improving equity and access for low-income and minority youth into institutions of higher education.Urban Education. 2006;41 (1): 50-70.
79. Zeger S. L.,Liang K.Longitudinal data analysis for discrete and continuous outcomes.Biometrics. 1986;42 (1): 121-130.
80. Zeger S. L.,Liang K.Models of longitudinal data: A generalized estimating equation approach.Biometrics. 1988;44 (4): 1049-1060.