[HTML][HTML] The relationship between education and health: reducing disparities through a contextual approach
A Zajacova, EM Lawrence�- Annual review of public health, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Adults with higher educational attainment live healthier and longer lives compared with their
less educated peers. The disparities are large and widening. We posit that understanding�…
less educated peers. The disparities are large and widening. We posit that understanding�…
Is the “first-generation student” term useful for understanding inequality? The role of intersectionality in illuminating the implications of an accepted—yet unchallenged�…
TH Nguyen, BMD Nguyen�- Review of Research in�…, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
First-generation students (FGSs) have received a great deal of attention in education
research, practice, and policy. The difficulty of understanding and subsequently addressing�…
research, practice, and policy. The difficulty of understanding and subsequently addressing�…
[HTML][HTML] The worldwide trend to high participation higher education: Dynamics of social stratification in inclusive systems
S Marginson�- Higher education, 2016 - Springer
Worldwide participation in higher education now includes one-third of the age cohort and is
growing at an unprecedented rate. The tendency to rapid growth, leading towards high�…
growing at an unprecedented rate. The tendency to rapid growth, leading towards high�…
The class ceiling: Why it pays to be privileged
S Friedman, D Laurison - 2020 - academic.oup.com
In The Class Ceiling, authors Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison deftly dismantle popular
(and often highly politicized) myths about inequality and meritocracy in the UK. First, and�…
(and often highly politicized) myths about inequality and meritocracy in the UK. First, and�…
Limitations of human capital theory
S Marginson�- Studies in higher education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Human capital theory assumes that education determines the marginal productivity of labour
and this determines earnings. Since the 1960s, it has dominated the economics, and policy�…
and this determines earnings. Since the 1960s, it has dominated the economics, and policy�…
[BOOK][B] Sexual citizens: A landmark study of sex, power, and assault on campus
“Profoundly eye-opening.… Hirsch and Khan present a novel model for explaining and
responding to campus sexual assault.”—Claire M. Renzetti, Science Research has shown�…
responding to campus sexual assault.”—Claire M. Renzetti, Science Research has shown�…
Methodological pluralism and the possibilities and limits of interviewing
M Lamont, A Swidler�- Qualitative sociology, 2014 - Springer
Against the background of recent methodological debates pitting ethnography against
interviewing, this paper offers a defense of the latter and argues for methodological�…
interviewing, this paper offers a defense of the latter and argues for methodological�…
[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty
Despite the special role of tenure-track faculty in society, training future researchers and
producing scholarship that drives scientific and technological innovation, the�…
producing scholarship that drives scientific and technological innovation, the�…
[BOOK][B] Negotiating opportunities: How the middle class secures advantages in school
JMC Calarco - 2018 - books.google.com
In Negotiating Opportunities, Jessica McCrory Calarco argues that the middle class has a
negotiated advantage in school. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Calarco�…
negotiated advantage in school. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Calarco�…
A new political generation: Millennials and the post-2008 wave of protest
R Milkman�- American Sociological Review, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Building on Karl Mannheim's theory of generations, this address argues that US Millennials
comprise a new political generation with lived experiences and worldviews that set them�…
comprise a new political generation with lived experiences and worldviews that set them�…