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ERIC Number: EJ576586
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
Schools, Markets, and Family in the History of African-American Education.
Bauman, Kurt J.
American Journal of Education, v106 n4 p500-31 Aug 1998
Data from the Current Population Survey of the U.S. Census show that black educational attainment, net of family background, became higher than that of whites in the 1950s, too early to be attributable to affirmative action. Other possible explanations, including a favorable orientation toward education in the African-American community are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Achievement, Black Education, Blacks, Census Figures, Community Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans
Note: Versions of this paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (August 1993) and the Sociology of Education Association Conference (February 1997). Research partially supported through grants from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, including training grant HD07014 and Grant P30HD05876 to the Center for Demography at the University of Wisconsin.