Authors: Hallinan, Maureen T., & Kubitschek, Warren N.
1) Does the academic advantage that was observed in Catholic high schools more than two decades ago continue to hold…
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2) 2012 - Only Here for the Day: The Social Integration of Minority Students at a Majority White High School
Authors: Holland, Megan M.
Seeks to understand how integration within the same school may be experienced differently by males and females, as this may…
4) 2012 - How Resource Inequality Among High Schools Reproduces Class Advantages in College Destinations
Authors: Klugman, Joshua
What is the role of schools' resources in mediating the effects of family SES on students' postsecondary destinations?
5) 2012 - Student and high-school characteristics related to completing a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) major in college
Authors: LeBeau, Brandon, Harwell, Michael, Monson, Debra, Dupuis, Danielle, Medhanie, Amanuel, & Post, Thoms R.
What is the relationship between completing a particular high-school mathematics curriculum and completing a STEM major in college? What is…
6) 2012 - The Geography of Inequality: Why Separate Means Unequal in American Public Schools
Authors: Logan, John R., Minca, Elisabeta, & Adar, Sinem
Examines what kinds of schools children of different races and ethnicities are attending and how various school characteristic are associated…
7) 2012 - The Earnings Benefits of Majoring in STEM Fields Among High Achieving Minority Students
Authors: Melguizo, Tatiana, & Wolniak, Gregory C.
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between majoring in a STEM field in college, and early…
8) 2012 - Pathways to a STEMM Profession
Authors: Miller, Jon D., & Kimmel, Linda G.
This analysis focuses on differences in pathways to a science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) professions.
9) 2012 - Pathways to STEMM Professions for Students From Noncollege Homes
Authors: Miller, Jon D., & Pearson Jr., Willie
This analysis focuses on differences in pathways to a science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) profession between households in…
10) 2012 - Activating Diversity: The Impact of Student Race on Contributions to Course Discussions
Authors: Pitt, Richard N., & Packard, Josh
1) Are black students more likely than their white peers to bring up different issues or topics in these classes?…
12) 2012 - Friendship Groups, Personal Motivation, and Gender in Relation to High School Students’ STEM Career Interest
Authors: Robnett, Rachael D., & Leaper, Campbell
Friendship group characteristics, motivation, and gender were investigated in relation to adolescents’ science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career interest.…
13) 2012 - Stability and Volatility of STEM Career Interest in High School: A Gender Study
Authors: Sadler, Philip M., Sonnert, Gerhard, Hazari, Zahra, & Tai, Robert
To gauge how stable versus volatile the reports of boys' and girls' STEM career interests are over the course of…
15) 2012 - Hate Crimes on Campus: Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Campus Safety
Authors: Stotzer, Rebecca L., & Hossellman, Emily
Examines whether the racial/ethnic diversity of a college or university is related to the rate of racially/ethnically motivated hate crimes…
16) 2012 - Live and Learn? Contradictions in Residential Patterns and School Demographics
Authors: Tarasawa, Beth A.
To what degree do Atlanta-area racial and ethnic segregation patterns in public secondary schools reflect those in residential catchment areas?
17) 2012 - Students Changing Schools or Students' School Changes: Factors that Shape Trajectories of Exposure to School Segregation
Authors: Warkenstien, Siri
1) Are there distinct trajectories of exposure to school segregation among a nationally representative sample of public school students?(2) If…
18) 2011 - Policy Implications of Limiting Immigrant Concentration in Danish Public Schools
Authors: Andersen, Simon Calmar, & Thomsen, Mette Kjaergaard
Would reallocating immigrant students improve total student achievement and/or benefit the educational outcome of immigrant students?
19) 2011 - Are ELL Students Underrepresented in Charter Schools? Demographic Trends in New York City, 2006-2008
Authors: Buckley, Jack, & Sattin-Bajaj, Carolyn
Empirically examines the gap in English Language Learner (ELL) enrollment between charter schools and traditional public schools and looks at…
20) 2011 - Professional Role Confidence and Gendered Persistence in Engineering
Authors: Cech, Erin, Rubineau, Brian, Silbey, Susan, & Seron, Caroll
This study examines behavioral and intentional persistence among students who enter an engineering major in college.
22) 2011 - Cross-Sectional Associations of Spanish and English Competence and Well-Being in Latino Children of Immigrants in Kindergarten
Authors: Collins, Brian, & Toppelberg, Claudio
1. How are Latino children of immigrants' first and second language competences related to their emotional and behavioral well-being concurrently…
23) 2011 - Ethnic Matching, School Placement, and Mathematics Achievement of African American Students from Kindergarten Through Fifth Grade
Authors: Eddy, Colleen M., & Easton-Brooks, Donald
1) Do African American students perform better on mathematics achievement test when taught by an African American teacher? 2) What…
24) 2011 - Why Racial Integration and Other Policies Since Brown v. Board of Education Have Only Partially Succeeded at Narrowing the Achievement Gap
Authors: Ferguson, Ronald F., & Mehta, Jal
Reviews previous literature to investigate why the achievement gap continues despite desegregation efforts.
25) 2011 - Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards
Authors: Frankenberg, Erica, & Siegel-Hawley, Genevieve
Examines diversity and racial isolation within charter schools in 40 states and several dozen metropolitan areas.
27) 2011 - Coleman Revisited: School Segregation, Peers, and Frog Ponds
Authors: Goldsmith, Pat Rubio
Investigates whether peer effects are the reason that students from minority-concentrated schools attain less education than students from white-concentrated schools.
28) 2011 - Stepping onto the STEM Pathway: Factors Affecting Talented Students' Declaration of STEM Majors in College
Authors: Heilbronner, Nancy N.
1) What are the college educational patterns and experiences of individuals talented in STEM? How do they affect the selection…
29) 2011 - Influences of Faculty Validation on Community College STEM Students' Persistence and Success
Authors: Hester, Dana
1) What is the relationship between demographic variables and validation scores for community college STEM students? 2) What is the…
30) 2011 - Long-Run Impacts of School Desegregation & School Quality on Adult Attainments NBER #16664
Authors: Johnson, Rucker C.
What are the long-run impacts of court-ordered school desegregation plans on adult attainments?
31) 2011 - Teacher Effects on Minority and Disadvantaged Students' Grade Four Achievement
Authors: Konstantopoulos, Spyros, & Chung, Vicki
Examines the differential effects of teachers on female, minority, and low-socioeconomic status (SES) students' achievement in Grade 4.
32) 2011 - Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Collegiate Cognitive Gains: A Multilevel Analysis of Institutional Influences on Learning and its Equitable Distribution
Authors: Kugelmass, Heather, & Ready, Douglas D.
Addresses whether racial/ethnic inequalities in academic performance that are present at college entry are moderated, exacerbated, or maintained during college…
33) 2011 - Gender Differences in the Effect of Peer SES: Evidence from a Second Quasi-Experimental Case Study
Authors: Legewie, Joscha, & DiPrete, Thomas A.
Extends previous research regarding gender differences in the effect of peer SES on reading and math scores among 4th grade…
35) 2011 - Trajectories of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Students by Race and Gender
Authors: Lord, Susan M., Layton, Richard A., & Ohland, Matthew W.
This paper describes the outcomes for students matriculating in and migrating into electrical engineering (EE) and computer engineering (CpE).
38) 2011 - Are Math Readiness and Personality Predictive of First-Year Retention in Engineering?
Authors: Moses, Laurie, Hall, Cathy, Wuensch, Karl, De Urquidi, Karen, Kauffmann, Paul, Swart, William, Duncan, Steve, & Dixon, Gene
The current study foci are on both entering scholastic aptitude and affective factors of personality in aiding in the prediction…
39) 2011 - Race, Gender, and Measures of Success in Engineering Education
Authors: Ohland, Matthew W., Brawner, Catherine E., Camacho, Michelle M., Layton, Richard A., Long, Russell A., Lord, Susan M., & Wasburn, Mara H.
To examine Engineering majors by race and gender and examine multiple metrics for "success."
40) 2011 - A Qualitative Investigation of Factors Promoting the Retention and Persistence of Students of Color in STEM
Authors: Palmer, Robert T., Maramba, Dina C., & Elon Dancy II, T.
This study examined salient factors of retention and persistence among college students of color enrolled in STEM education at a…
41) 2011 - Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Teachers' Perceptions of Young Children's Cognitive Abilities: The Role of Child Background and Classroom Context
Authors: Ready, Douglas D., & Wright, David L.
1. Are teachers more or less accurate in predicting the cognitive skills of students with particular sociodemographic backgrounds? One would…
42) 2011 - Who Wants to Have a Career in Science or Math? Exploring Adolescents' Future Aspirations by Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Authors: Riegle-Crumb, Catherine, Moore, Chelsea, & Ramos-Wada, Aida
The authors investigate how different racial/ethnic and gender subgroups compare to White males in terms of adolescent career aspirations in…
43) 2011 - Academic Achievement Among STEM Aspirants: Why Do Black and Latino Students Earn Lower Grades Than Their White and Asian Counterparts?
Authors: Sharkness, Jessica, Eagan Jr., Kevin, Hurtado, Sylvia, Figueroa, Tanya, & Chang, Mitchell J.
Identify the institutional and student-level characteristics that significantly impact the cumulative GPA of graduating seniors, in particular those graduating seniors…
44) 2011 - Indicators of Success in STEM Majors: A Cohort Study
Authors: Thompson, Ruthanne, & Bolin, Greta
If there were factors attributed to STEM students who graduated that might serve as predictors or indicators of successful navigation…
45) 2011 - School Desegregation and White Flight Revisited: A Spatial Analysis from a Metropolitan Perspective
Authors: Zhang, Haifeng
Do whites still flee from central city to urban schools? If cross district white flight exists is it related to…
46) 2010 - "Doing" Science Versus "Being" a Scientist: Examining 10/11-Year-Old School Children's Constructions of Science Through the Lens of Identity
Authors: Archer, Louise, Dewitt, Jennifer, Osborne, Jonathan, Willis, Beatrice, & Wong, Billy
In this study, the authors attempt to (a) understand what are the formative influences on student career aspirations between the…
47) 2010 - After Seattle: Social Science Research and Narrowly Tailored School Desegregation Plans
Authors: Armor, David J., & Duck, Stephanie
Offer a social science rationale for Justice Kennedy's view about narrow tailoring issues and suggesting several approaches to desegregation plans…
48) 2010 - Is Science Me? High School Students' Identities, Participation and Aspirations in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Authors: Aschbacher, Pamela R., Li, Erika, & Roth, Ellen J.
To explore why some who were once very interested in science, engineering, or medicine (SEM) majors or careers decided to…
49) 2010 - Brown in Baltimore: School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism
Authors: Baum, Howell S.
1) What was the trajectory of integration in Baltimore schools? 2) What structures and ideologies fueled rampant school resegregation?
50) 2010 - The Racial/Ethnic Composition of Elementary Schools and Young Children's Academic and Socioemotional Functioning
Authors: Benner, Aprile D., & Crosnoe, Robert
How are racial/ethnic diversity of the student body and racial/ethnic matching (belongingness) between children and their peers related to socioemotional…