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Ayalon, Hanna – Sociology of Education, 1994
Presents a study on the availability of 12 school subjects in Israeli high schools that are differentiated by their ethnic composition. Asserts that curricular decisions based on matching subjects with assumed student academic abilities results in the monopolization of highly valued knowledge by privileged social groups. (CFR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advanced Courses, Course Content, Cross Cultural Studies
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Ayalon, Hanna; Grodsky, Eric; Gamoran, Adam; Yogev, Abraham – Sociology of Education, 2008
This article explores how the structure of higher education in the United States and Israel mediates the relationship among race/ethnicity, social origins, and postsecondary outcomes. On the basis of differences in how the two systems of higher education have developed, the authors anticipated that inequality in college attendance will be greater…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Attendance, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis