This paper uses data from the Scottish School Leavers Surveys and the England and Wales Youth Cohort Study to analyse changes over time in gender and social class inequalities in the opportunities of young people to participate in higher education (HE) in Scotland, England and Wales. The results show that in Great Britain, in the period from the…

To achieve the overall goals and purposes of education is closely related to the living environments of students. Different family backgrounds will put children into a situation where they face unfair competition. According to a survey conducted in China's Urumqi and Changchun about parents' awareness of educating their children, this paper will…

School leaders are increasingly called upon to pursue meaningful partnerships with families and community groups, yet many leaders are unprepared to meet the challenges of partnerships, to cross cultural boundaries, or to be accountable to the community. Alliances are needed among educators, families, and community groups that value relationship…

This article provides an overview of objective and subjective class differences in experiences of postsecondary education. Using the metaphor of a funnel, it argues that cumulative disadvantage results when first-generation and low-income college students are disproportionately filtered out at each stage of the postsecondary education process.…

Lower-class patients in a moderate-cost clinic tend to be more authoritarian-submissive than upper-class patients. The significant curvilinear relationship indicates that for lower-class patients, the greater the authoritarian-submissiveness relative to their therapists, the longer the duration of treatment. (Author)

This paper sought the answer to the question: What is the origin of the sociolinguistic differences described by Basil Bernstein and others in relation to social class, patterns of family organization and socialization, and modes of speech? (Author/RK)

"Sesame Street" is a television program aimed at stimulating young viewers. This study, a part of the Early Developmental Adversity Program, attempts to discover what demographic characteristics are associated with children who view or do not view "Sesame Street." The subjects of the study were 69 3-year-old children. Black and…

This pilot study sought to investigate the verbal cooperative behavior of middle class and lower class children when paired with same and opposite SES partners. The subjects were 12 boys and 12 girls ranging in age from 4-1 to 5-4. In the experimental situation, 2 children were seated facing each other across a table. Each of them had five…

Using the theory of reasoned action, 100 residents of a small Midwestern city were questioned about intentions to camp, attitudes and beliefs about camping, and influences of "important others" in making decisions to camp. The study results demonstrate that the theory may be useful in predicting behavior and understanding the…

Explores the issues involved in the relation of genetics to intelligence to social-class position, the credentials society, preferential hiring, and the influence of these relationships on social policy. (DM)

Contrasts and describes the values and life-styles of gypsies in Paris (France) and Seattle, Washington. (DM)

The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the attitudes held by parents of different social class groups toward the health services provided by the Albuquerque Public Schools, and (2) to find out what differences existed among the attitudes held by parents in three social class groups concerning these health services. (Author)