College for some to college for all: social background, occupational expectations, and educational expectations over time.

By K. Goyette. 2008

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Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Social Stratification in Higher Education (2009, background): “Data suggest that students’ postsecondary educational expectations have increased substantially over time (Morgan, 1998; Schneider & Stevenson, 1999), to the point where they are only weakly associated with their educational and occupational outcomes (Goyette, 2008; Reynolds, Stewart, MacDonald, & S”
Unraveling the myth of meritocracy within the context of US higher education (2011, background): “given their potential as a stepping stone to a baccalaureate education (Dowd 2003), but as a college degree becomes the norm (Goyette 2008), the traditional four-year degree also becomes a mere pathway for continued educational mobility.”
Why Do More Women than Men Want to Earn a Four-Year Degree? Exploring the Effects of Gender, Social Origin, and Social Capital on Educational Expectations (2011, background): “However, the positive effect of parental educational attainment appears to have lessened in magnitude in recent cohorts of students (Goyette, 2008).”
The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring (2018, background): “…completion is an extremely important outcome—especially given the current focus on “college for all” and the necessity of a college degree to achieve a middle-class lifestyle (Goyette 2008; Rosenbaum 2001)—little research has assessed whether academic performance benefits women outside of schools.”
The College Application Gauntlet: A Systematic Analysis of the Steps to Four-Year College Enrollment (2011, background): “These differences exist as college aspirations are becoming both the norm and increasingly independent of family background characteristics (Goyette 2008).”
The Immigrant Advantage in Adolescent Educational Expectations (2016, background): “Small sample sizes preclude a consideration of particular ethnic groups. educational expectations of American adolescents, such that over 80 percent now expect to earn a college degree (Goyette 2008; Reynolds and Johnson 2011).”
Access Without Equity (2012, background): “Baccalaureate aspirations have become universal (Goyette, 2008), and college enrollment rates have risen for all racial/ethnic groups (Grodsky, 2007).”