Disadvantages in schooling associated with poorly educated or low status fathers and with large families continue to persist. (Author/DE)

Examines the effect of school desegregation upon the process of students' status attainment by comparing high school students in segregated and desegregated schools. Few differences were found in levels of educational and occupational aspirations or educational attainment. However, marked differences were found in the process of attitude…

Investigates how two different types of school grade level organization affect social and psychological development of adolescent youth. Compares K-8 structures with K-6 and junior high school settings. Discusses differential changes between sixth and seventh grade in students' self-esteem, participation in extracurricular activities, and…

Analyzes patterns of recruitment to higher education in contemporary Ivory Coast in terms of access to educational resources which offer the potential for individual entry into prestigious careers. Finds that allocation of resources is relatively open and that the priveleged position of white-collar elite is declining. (Author/AV)

Twenty-two elementary schools were studied to identify factors related to school success in raising reading and math achievement of disadvantaged and low-achieving students. Discusses effects of administrative leadership in instruction, coordination of instructional programs throughout the school, and policy regarding academic standards. (Author)

Focuses on black students from families in which wives have or have not attained higher educational statuses than husbands. The author concludes that maternal dominance, as measured by wives having higher levels of educational attainment than husbands, has limited bearing on black students' motivation. (Author/DB)

Describes a study which measured college students' consistency in evaluating teacher performance after one semester and at the end of the academic year. Findings indicate that first impressions have a minor effect on final ratings, but that intensive student-instructor interaction in class increases the sensitivity of a student's evaluation and…

Identifies common points in recent research reports on undergraduate liberal arts education and relates them to traditions in the history of education. Concludes that the recommendations of these reports contain important and basic contradictions. (FMW)

Using transcript data from 1,700 California high school students, this study investigated the influence of students' background characteristics on course placement in mathematics and science. Results showed course placements varied substantially across the four schools surveyed. Variations were explained in part by differing curriculum…

The translation of a Russian college level textbook dealing with educational sociology is presented in this and the October issue. The textbook's introduction and first two chapters are included in this issue. The subject matter of educational sociology and the societal functions of education in a socialist society are discussed. (RM)

Sociologists in the United Kingdom have neglected the emergence of information technology and the way it has taken on many of the characteristics of a new fashion. Conceptualizing technology is increasingly necessary if they are to make critical contributions to issues of educational policy and practice. (RM)

An incorporation-upward mobility model is the most accurate description of the effect of immigration on educational stratification in West Germany. Instead of remaining external to the stratification system, guestworkers occupy the bottom rung and cause the native population to be redistributed upward. (Author/RM)

Most athletes enter college with optimistic and idealistic goals and attitudes about their impending academic careers. However, athletic, social, and classroom experiences lead them to become progressively detached from academics. As a result, they abandon their earlier aspirations and expectations and gradually resign themselves to inferior…

Finds that Russian teachers are beginning to challenge the ideologists over the content and methods of educational research. (Editor)

Describes a longitudinal study of effects of cross-cultural education on attitudes and personality in 104 male Japanese graduate students. Their sojourn in America increased their appreciation of American culture, but did not lower their appreciation of their own background or alter their personalities. (Author)