This digest discusses research on economic gains for community college students and explores whether a community college education serves to minimize the wage gap between women and men and between advantaged and disadvantaged groups. It summarizes research that supports the assertion that a community college education offers economic advancement…

Teachers colleges are faced with making an important decision: what direction should they consider for the insurance of their futures? Author presents suggestions for colleges of education and their administration. (RK)

A discussion of more effective educational programs that can be developed with the aid of status testing which measures the pre-instructional status of students on specified educational outcomes. Elementary school children in grades K through 3 took status tests in letter formation, editing, and composition. The results were used to confirm the…

Shows that substantial inequality of economic opportunity exists in the U.S. and that the educational system is a major vehicle for the transmission of economic status from one generation to the next. (RJ)

Article discusses status differentials between student and teacher. (MM)

The achievement test residual's ability to discriminate between school systems has potential as a useful measurement of school system output. (LN)

Examines the tie between community characteristics and race-linked occupational differentiation in 40 rural southern locations. Indicates exact opposite of conventional theoretical expectations. Shows educational level of races, spatial location, and industrial structure manifest substantial effects on opportunities. (AH)

A 23-year-old, black female discusses, from personal experiences, various aspects of the education of blacks in England. (JN)

Analyzed items from the 1972-1980 cumulative National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey to examine whether father's occupation, educational attainment, and respondent's occupation affect various attitudes and behaviors. Findings did not demonstrate effects of intergenerational occupational mobility, occupational return on investment,…

Employing the bilateral or segmented theory of labor markets, research has begun to reveal the complexity and variability of schooling's impact on diverse work careers of differing groups in society. Specific attention is paid to the effect of educational origins on the careers of individuals in professional occupations. (Author/MLW)

Maintains that curriculum differentiation in France is the keystone of educational, and, consequently, social stratification. Factors which influence curriculum differentiation include father's occupation, academic performance, parents' expectations, and teachers' expectations. (DB)

Six tables provide statistics on educational development in the U.S.S.R.: (1) literacy rates; (2) numbers of recipients of higher and secondary education; (3) various social groups' educational levels; (4) educational levels by Republic; (5) enrollment in various types of educational establishments; and (6) evening shift general educative schools…

Analysis of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data on Hispanic men interviewed at age 14-17 and again at age 23-27 found that poverty in young adulthood was related to academic aptitude and family-of-origin socioeconomic resources during adolescence, educational and relocation decisions made during transition to adulthood, and labor market…

The average weekly earnings of nonmetro wage and salary workers continued to rise through 2001, although the pace has ebbed slightly since 2000. Earnings have grown steadily among all major demographic groups, although less educated workers experienced smaller gains than college graduates. Gains for less-educated workers suggest that welfare…

This article considers the likely effects of the current educational reform movement on the future of small rural schools. After describing what the reform movement says about these institutions, it discusses the historical legacy of rural school reform and assesses the likely financial effects of the current reform movement on rural schools. (TE)