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Title: Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities in Higher Education
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Davies, Scott Guppy, Neil |
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Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities in Higher Education Social Forces 75,4 (June 1997):1417-1438. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2580677 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Keyword(s): College Enrollment; College Major/Field of Study/Courses; Colleges; Gender Differences; Higher Education; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Analyses of national longitudinal survey data revealed that male college students were much more likely than females to enter fields of study with high economic returns; socioeconomic factors did not affect entry into lucrative fields net of other background factors, but did affect entry into selective colleges; and measured academic ability predicted all dependent variables. Contains 48 references. (Author/SV) |
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Davies, Scott and Neil Guppy. "Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities in Higher Education." Social Forces 75,4 (June 1997):1417-1438.
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