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Author: Velez, Melissa
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Roksa, Josipa Velez, Melissa |
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A Late Start: Delayed Entry, Life Course Transitions and Bachelor's Degree Completion Social Forces 90,3 (2012): 769-794. Also: http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/90/3/769 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Oxford University Press Keyword(s): College Degree; College Enrollment; Educational Attainment; Higher Education; Life Course Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. While a substantial proportion of students delay entry into higher education, sociologists are only beginning to understand the consequences of this phenomenon for educational attainment. Previous studies have reported a negative relationship between delayed entry and degree completion, but they have not been able to explain it with a range of students' background characteristics. Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth of 1997 indicate that life course transitions, including work, marriage/cohabitation and parenthood, make a unique contribution to explaining this relationship. Adding life course transitions to the models that already control for a range of background characteristics helps to explain the negative relationship between delayed entry and degree completion. These findings have implications for studying educational success in higher education and understanding the process of educational attainment more broadly. |
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Roksa, Josipa and Melissa Velez. "A Late Start: Delayed Entry, Life Course Transitions and Bachelor's Degree Completion." Social Forces 90,3 (2012): 769-794.
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When Studying Schooling Is Not Enough: Incorporating Employment in Models of Educational Transitions Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 28,1 (March 2010): 5-21. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562409000146 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Education; Family Characteristics; Labor Force Participation; Socioeconomic Background; Transition, School to Work Several recent studies have demonstrated the importance of incorporating qualitative differentiation within educational systems in the study of class inequality in student transitions. We extend these endeavors by broadening the definition of differentiation to include participation in the labor market. As increasing proportions of students continue their educational journeys beyond compulsory schooling, they are considering not only whether to stay in school but also whether to simultaneously enter the world of work. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth of 1997 (NLSY97), we show that family background influences not only whether students make specific educational transitions but also whether they combine those educational transitions with work. Student trajectories are also path dependent, with employment during one educational transition being related to specific transition patterns at a later point in time. Considering how students combine school and work reveals another dimension of differentiation which can be exploited by socioeconomically advantaged families to "effectively maintain" inequality in educational outcomes. (c) 2009 International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Research in Social Stratification & Mobility is the property of JAI Press, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
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Roksa, Josipa and Melissa Velez. "When Studying Schooling Is Not Enough: Incorporating Employment in Models of Educational Transitions." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 28,1 (March 2010): 5-21.
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