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Nielsen, Kelly – Sociology of Education, 2015
Sociologists of education have explored the relationship between students' postsecondary aspirations and their propensity to get "cooled out" in community colleges. However, researchers have directed little attention to students whose aspirations remain stable over long periods of time or to the different roles that college degree goals…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Academic Aspiration, Postsecondary Education

Murguia, Edward; Telles, Edward E. – Sociology of Education, 1996
Summarizes a study that reveals that light-skin-toned and European-looking Mexican Americans receive about 1.5 more years of schooling that darker and more Indian-looking Mexican Americans. Differences in schooling by phenotype persisted with and without controls for other factors. Includes tables of statistical data. (MJP)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Influences, Educational Attainment, Educational Discrimination