Limiting Opportunity: Student Race and Curricular Differences in Secondary Vocational Education.

Oakes, Jeannie

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Publication Date: 1983

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Limiting Opportunity: Student Race and Curricular Differences in Secondary Vocational Education.

Oakes, Jeannie

American Journal of Education, v91 n3 p328-55 May 1983

Using data collected from 25 secondary schools in the Study of Schooling sample, investigated the relationship between race/ethnicity and the scope/substance of vocational courses taken. Found substantive differences between and within schools' vocational programs that resulted in different vocational experiences of White and non-White students. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Discrimination, Employment Level, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnicity, Minority Groups, Racial Differences, Secondary Education, Social Stratification, Vocational Education, White Students

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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