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Kim, Jeongeun; Kim, Jiyun; Jaquette, Ozan; Bastedo, Michael N. – Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Employing NCES databases, we investigate how college selectivity influences job satisfaction and prestige from the 1970s to the 1990s and across different racial categories. We find that the effect of college selectivity has essentially disappeared over time and that minority students are particularly disadvantaged with respect to job satisfaction.
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, Job Satisfaction, Reputation
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Posselt, Julie Renee; Jaquette, Ozan; Bielby, Rob; Bastedo, Michael N. – American Educational Research Journal, 2012
The competitive dynamics that sustain stratification among postsecondary institutions have reinforced racial inequality in selective college enrollment between 1972 and 2004. Using a data set constructed from four nationally representative surveys (National Longitudinal Survey 1972, High School & Beyond 1980, National Educational Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Enrollment Trends, Race, Asian American Students