Public and private schooling have a roughly uniform effect on achievement, but variability among students' home and neighborhood environments mask the leveling effect. Includes an historical discussion of egalitarianism and stratification in American education. (PS)

A study of university students suggests a complex shift in the meaning of "success" since the early 1970s. New definitions emphasize the following: (1) need for varied skills and adaptable personalities; (2) expectation of multiple career paths; (3) rejection of traditional ideas of success; and (4) hard work as a prescription for life. (PS)

Collected data on young men, primarily aged 18-26, to discover common characteristics of those who became absent fathers. Compared statistics for Hispanic, Black, and White men regarding extent of absent fatherhood, difference between age cohorts, age of first sexual activity, number of children, family SES, academic performance, schooling, and…

Examines effects of Title IX and Title II on female enrollment in vocational education. Analyzes enrollment data for occupationally specific programs and discusses implications under five headings: the importance of being prepared to work, the feminization of poverty, types of work for women, the importance of labels, and the importance of career…

Describes and assesses major trends in the labor market fortunes of key teenage subgroups in the U.S. during the 1980s. The need for a national policy response to the problem of pervasive joblessness among poor youth is greater in 1986 than at the beginning of this decade. (LHW)

Summarizes results from a larger report identifying both school and individual variables related to the test score decline of the 1970s. Public awareness of the relationship between changes in student and school variables and score decline will help prevent another national educational deficit of this type. (LHW)