Parental Expectations and Educational Outcomes for Young African American Adults: Do Household Assets Matter?

African American children are more likely to be poor and live in households that are “asset poor,” with no or very little net worth. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its Child Development Supplement, this article explores whether living in a household with net worth above the sample median seems to promote educational success and the development of human capital over time, irrespective of income. Controlling for parental income and education, as well as gender, household wealth in the form of net worth was the best predictor of parental expectations, high school completion, and college enrollment for young African American adults. A brief discussion of possible asset-building policy options follows.     

The transmission of social inequality: Examination of the linkages between family socioeconomic status in childhood and educational achievement in young adulthood

The present study examines the linkages between family socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood and educational achievement in young adulthood using data from a 25-year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of over 1000 New Zealand children. Structural equation modeling of the association between latent SES at birth and educational achievement by age 25 years showed evidence of a strong association between latent SES and later educational achievement. Much of this association was mediated via two pathways relating to child cognitive ability and family educational aspirations; family economic resources and school factors did not mediate the association. However, even when the major theoretical pathways were taken into account, a substantial component of the latent SES/educational achievement correlation remained unexplained.     

Denying systemic inequality in segregated Chilean schools: race-neutral discourses among administrative and teaching staff

This article addresses the educational context in which ethnically segregated high poverty schools operate in Chile, and the ways that inequalities within these establishments are understood by members of their administrative and teaching staff. In particular we draw attention to the unwillingness of the majority of these employees to name or recognize specific forms of institutional inequality. Following critical pedagogy literature we argue that the Chilean education system reproduces a fear of talk among teachers working in areas with high density indigenous populations, which obscures unequal social structures and opportunities for specific (class, gender, ethnic) groups in school contexts. Based on data from 12 interviews with school staff and observations from four schools in southern Chile, we analyze how intersecting inequality is discursively reduced by predominantly white teachers to individual deficit, de-politicized geographical problems of access to schooling, and the normalizing of low achievement across schools with students from similar backgrounds.     

对“入世”后中国高等教育发展的思考和建议

中国加入世界贸易组织后 ,中国教育如何参与国际竞争 ?对高等教育的“国际化”如何认识和把握 ?在大力发展高等教育、推进我国高等教育大众化的进程中 ,如何看待数量的增长和质量的关系 ?作者对以上问题谈了自己的看法 ,并提出了教育质量多样化的观点。     

网络环境下高校图书馆教育职能探讨

随着高等教育逐步法制化、规范化,高校图书馆在高等教育中的重要性突显出来,图书馆在高等教育中的教育职能更为显著。本文阐述了网络为高校图书馆实现其教育职能创造了技术条件,论述了网络环境下高校图书馆教育职能的主要内容及方法,提出了网络环境下高校图书馆更好实现自身教育职能的措施:1、完善网络环境软硬件条件;2、重视网络环境下图书馆的教育职能的发挥;3、提高高校图书馆馆员的素质和技能。     

大城市郊区农民城市化路径研究

农民城市化的发展样态是学界极为关注的研究主题,而城市化对象本身也存在差异。由于大城市郊区农村的独特性,使得其城市化必然与一般中西部农村城镇化存在截然不同的规律和特点。通过对武汉市近郊农村的实地调研发现,当地农民家庭并不止步于原有的低度城市化,在居住环境、就业选择以及生活方式等三个方面还有着更深层次的追求,可以认为城郊农民家庭正在经历一场深度城市化。因此,通过对其表现形式、动力来源以及实现方式进行相应的分析和解释,以揭示城郊农民深度城市化的实践逻辑,从而深入理解城郊农民家庭的城市化行为,进而对中国城市化进程与发展进行更为深入和细致的探索与推进。     

生态校园环境理念下的高校工会建设与学校发展

建设生态校园理念是在建立现代大学制度,中国高等教育发展新的形势下,高校对自身行为的审视,对教育环境的担忧和对未来持续发展的思考而提出的全新的高等教育发展观;是将生态和谐理念作为学校的基本价值取向,立足于一流大学的创建和学校的长远发展。     

建立营销型教育期刊社（企业）的策略探讨

我国目前的教育期刊社大多为省级教育行政管理部门主管。虽已管、办分离,但期刊社仍然是“事业单位、企业管理”,处于“准企业”状态,并借助于“行政推动力”的余威和经营惯性力在各自“割据”的地盘里“垄断”市场。随着我国文化产业的兴起和WTO规则在我国的全面实施,教育期刊社几十年来享有的市场“特权”将面临严峻挑战。因此,及早建立营销型、企业性质的教育期刊社就成为摆在我们面前的一项重要任务。     

教育券的新制度经济学分析

教育券是由美国经济学家米尔顿·弗里德曼于20世纪50年代首先提出。本文运用新制度经济学制度分析理论对教育券进行了分析,结合长兴县教育券制度的实践,提出了在我国实施教育券制度需要注意的几个问题。     

农业工程类专业本科人才培养模式的研究与实践

针对面向21世纪人才培养的要求,从如何转变教育思想观念、构建和优化农业工程人才培养目标和培养方案、优化课程体系、更新教学内容、改进教学方法和教学手段等方面出发,介绍了在教学管理实践中所取得的经验和效果。