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Blossfeld, Hans-Peter – Sociology of Education, 1990
Posits that West Germany's educational system created vulnerable and less vulnerable phases in the educational careers of various birth cohorts. Asserts that these phases resulted from the use of age-graded organization and from the different types of institutions that constitute the system. Shows how educational reforms affected educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age Grade Placement, Articulation (Education), Educational Attainment