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Tam, Tony; Jiang, Jin – Sociology of Education, 2015
Despite the massive expansion of higher education in China since 1998, the cohort trends of urban and rural "hukou" holders in college attendance have widened sharply. Prevailing explanations emphasize the advantages of urban students over rural students in school quality and household financial resources. We propose the structural…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Foreign Countries, Surveys, Rural Urban Differences
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Werum, Regina E. – Sociology of Education, 1999
Examines mechanisms that influenced access to federal vocational programs in the pre-desegregation U.S. South. Explores how local political conditions affected training opportunities. Shows that access was shaped by racially segregated labor markets and that African Americans' access was shaped by the political dimension of the southern racial…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Educational History, Educational Opportunities