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Peer reviewedMeyer, John W. – Sociology of Education, 2001
Comments on articles appearing in the 2001 theme issue of Sociology of Education. Considers the nature and impact of the widespread cultural commitment to educational equality. Discusses other aspects of education not emphasized in this issue, such as the implications of racial inequality, credentialism, and educational organization (CAJ)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Credentials, Educational Environment, Educational Sociology
Download full textMeyer, John W.; And Others – 1980
Models of organizational structures developed through the study of commercial organizations are not necessarily applicable to educational organizations. Technical organizations such as factories act to regulate the flow of their processes and products and, thus, to buffer them from external forces. Institutional organizations such as schools or…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Environment
Meyer, John W. – 1975
Evidence suggests that educational organizations lack internal coordination. This is especially true of the content and methods of what is presumably their central activity--instruction. Instruction tends to be removed from the control of the organizational structure, both in its bureaucratic aspects and in its professional or collegial aspects.…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Ramirez, Francisco O.; Meyer, John W. – 1980
This paper is a critical assessment of the theory and evidence on three general issues in comparative education. It assesses the factors affecting the origins and expansion of national educational systems; the factors influencing the organizational structure and ideologies of systems of mass schooling and higher education; and the effects of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Comparative Education, Educational Benefits, Educational Research
Scott, W. Richard; Meyer, John W. – 1984
The environment within which an organization must operate is expected to influence its administrative and program characteristics. Since public schools operate in more complex and conflicting environments than do private schools, it is predicted that they will exhibit greater administrative complexity and less curricular coherence. These…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Meyer, John W. – 1970
Studies are reviewed showing that the social status of a high school has a small independent effect on the college intentions of its students, over and above the effects of their family status and mental ability. This finding is analyzed with data from the Educational Testing Service's 1955 sample of 35,330 students in 518 American high schools.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aspiration, Achievement, College Admission
