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Peer reviewedHoelter, Jon W. – Sociology of Education, 1982
Tests the hypothesis that school racial segregation affects the ability of Black students to set reasonable occupational goals. Questionnaire data collected from male high school seniors suggest that Whites develop the most rational occupational goals, and segregated Blacks the least. Desegregated education leads to increasingly rational…
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, Career Planning, Desegregation Effects
Peer reviewedHerzog, A. Regula – Sociology of Education, 1982
Examines occupational plans and values of high school seniors for evidence of declining sex differences between 1976-1980. Questionnaire data collected from 3000 students indicated marked sex differences in the kinds of work boys and girls planned to do at age 30 and the work settings and characteristics they desired. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Grade 12, High Schools, Occupational Aspiration, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCarbonaro, William J. – Sociology of Education, 1998
Tests predictions that students with high levels of "intergenerational closure" (whose parents know many of their friends' parents) will do better academically than those who do not. Finds that closure is positively associated with mathematics achievement, but not significantly associated with 12th-grade grades; closure is negatively…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Friendship, Generation Gap
