Social Stratification in Higher Education

By Eric Grodsky, E. Jackson. Teachers College Record, 2009

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Background/Context Over the past half century, scholars in a variety of fields have contributed to our understanding of the relationship between higher education and social stratification. We review this literature, highlighting complementarities and inconsistencies. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study We situate our review of the literature on inequality and higher education in the context of a behavioral model of postsecondary participation that takes into account the actions of both students and institutions. Conclusions/Recommendations We recommend that researchers continue to engage in cross-disciplinary dialogues around challenges in postsecondary research and policy, advocate for an increase in the use of experimental designs, and encourage the development of linkages across administrative data sets. We also recommend that future research improve the alignment among behavioral theories, proposed interventions, study design, and analytic techniques.

Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Access Without Equity (2012, background): “Although institutions have a stronger incentive than ever to enroll students with the highest academic credentials, key admissions criteria (e.g., scores on college entrance exams) are not equally distributed across race and SES (Alon & Tienda, 2007; Grodsky & Jackson, 2009; Rothstein, 2004).”
The College Application Gauntlet: A Systematic Analysis of the Steps to Four-Year College Enrollment (2011, background): “Many researchers have demonstrated a connection between sources of social and cultural capital, school attributes, and students’ college enrollment decision making (Ellwood and Kane 2000; Engberg and Wolniak 2010; Grodsky and Jackson 2009; Hossler et al. 1999; McDonough 1997; Paulsen and Smart 2001;”
Disparities in Debt (2014, background): “These structural shifts have led many young people to student loans to bridge the gap between rising costs and their own and their families’ resources.”
Running in Place: Low-Income Students and the Dynamics of Higher Education Stratification (2011, background): “First, we need a better understanding of the impacts of race and gender on the institutional stratification of higher education and of the intersections among race, gender, and class (Bielby, Posselt, Jaquette, & Bastedo, 2011; Grodsky & Felts, 2009; Posselt, Jaquette, Bielby, & Bastedo, in press).”
Complicating Conditions: Obstacles and Interruptions to Low-Income Students' College “Choices” (2015, background): “…a complicated web of interrelated conditions, much of the college choice literature adheres to a relatively uncomplicated model of decision making, in which students enter each phase in the sequence at specified points during their K−12 schooling (Cabrera & La Nasa, 2000; Grodsky & Jackson, 2009).”