Examines the effect of school desegregation upon the process of students' status attainment by comparing high school students in segregated and desegregated schools. Few differences were found in levels of educational and occupational aspirations or educational attainment. However, marked differences were found in the process of attitude…

Examines the relationship between school segregation and minority suburbanization on enrollments during the years 1987-1995. Uses data from the school-level enrollment counts from the Common Core of Data (CCD) sets. Reports that increased suburban segregation corresponds to the increase in suburban enrollment shares in black, Hispanic, and Asian…

Asserts that school districts' efforts to integrate schools have failed to ameliorate the racial isolation of black students. Finds that schools remain segregated primarily because of continued residential segregation and that school integration efforts have had little long-term effect on residential segregation. (CFR)

Parochial and other private secondary schools in the United States enroll disproportionately few Blacks. Coleman, Hoffer, and Kilgore discounted this segregation. However, their analysis of within-district segregation is inappropriate and misleading. If future analysis of an appropriate data set is undertaken, standard analysis-of-variance methods…

The existence of private schools does not necessarily lead to greater school segregation as Taeuber-James argue. Cain-Goldberger are not only incorrect in their discussion of methodology but they also misinterpret the data and misquote the authors. Morgan's efforts to use new data on Catholic schools are applauded. (IS)