The Evolution of Class Inequality in Higher Education

By Sigal Alon. 2009

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Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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The Advanced Placement Arms Race and the Reproduction of Educational Inequality (2013, background): “Researchers argue that as selective colleges face an increasing number of qualified applicants, they naturally respond by selecting those students who are superior in academic performance (Alon, 2009; Hoxby, 2009) as well as those students who can present a coherent and unique narrative about themse”
First-generation Disadvantage and College Enrollment/Completion (2016, background): “Family SES certainly continues to be influential in terms of college access, even in the face of more general expansion of higher educational opportunity ( Alon 2009 ).”
The Experience of Low-SES Students in Higher Education: Psychological Barriers to Success and Interventions to Reduce Social-Class Inequality (2017, background): “However, as compared to the education function, the selection function consistently advantages high-SES students (Alon, 2009; Mijs, 2016; Smeding et al., 2013) and might act as a threat to low-SES students’ identity.”
Reducing Income Inequality in Educational Attainment: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial Aid on College Completion1 (2016, background): “The polarization of American society according to family income is sharper and more apparent today than at any point since the 1920s.”
Race, income, and enrollment patterns in highly selective colleges, 1982-2004 (2012, background): “…income and socioeconomic status have grown more strongly correlated with academic achievement, college completion, and access to selective colleges (Alon 2009; Astin and Oseguera, 2004; Bailey and Dynarski, 2011; Bastedo and Jaquette, 2011; Belley and Lochner, 2007; Karen, 2002; Reardon, 2011).”
Equalization or Selection? Reassessing the “Meritocratic Power” of a College Degree in Intergenerational Income Mobility (2019, background): “These disparities are partly, but not exclusively, mediated by high-income students’ advantages on allegedly merit-based criteria, such as high school GPA and standardized test scores (Alon 2009).”
Running in Place: Low-Income Students and the Dynamics of Higher Education Stratification (2011, background): “Alon (2009) finds that the increased salience of SAT scores in admissions decisions decreased socioeconomic diversity at selective institutions because low-SES students generally score lower than high-SES students.”
‘Low income doesn't mean stupid and destined for failure': challenging the deficit discourse around students from low SES backgrounds in higher education (2016, background): “In this way, these issues are not just individual or institutional, but national (Appadurai 2004) (also see Alon 2009).”
The Test-Optional Movement at America’s Selective Liberal Arts Colleges (2015, background): “In a way, the SAT became an adaptive mechanism that upper-class families used to secure their future social status (Alon, 2009)—which, in part, may explain why the SAT continues to predominate the selective college admissions process.”
Scaling Down Inequality: Rating Scales, Gender Bias, and the Architecture of Evaluation (2019, background): “Prior research shows that gatekeepers strategically shift definitions of merit to protect the privileged status of those in power (Alon 2009; Karabel 2005).”