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Vietnam has a strong public postsecondary education sector that has only recently begun to experience growth in nonpublic institutions. I investigate how the growth of nonpublic institutions may be related to stratification in Vietnam. I find that these institutions are more likely to serve more advantaged students from South Vietnam. Students pay higher costs to attend them; however, they choose more lucrative fields, perhaps as a way to ensure good returns to this investment. This research suggests that as the private sector in Vietnam expands, the influence of family background and region of residence on postsecondary attendance may grow. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.)

Curricula in U.S. colleges and universities have historically evolved around two ideal types: arts and science fields (A&S), and vocational fields. Using the National Educational Longitudinal Study, 1992-1994, we find that high socioeconomic status (SES) students are more likely to choose A&S fields than are low-SES students. The Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, 1993-1997, shows that vocational majors are employed at higher paying jobs than are A&S majors 4 years after college graduation, while arts and science majors are more likely to enroll in graduate school during these years. We conclude that these distinct educational trajectories reinforce the relationship between parents' and their children's social class. (Contains 6 tables and 14 endnotes.)

Reexamines the issue of parental education level on educational enrollments beyond college. Extends the literature by disaggregating graduate programs by type. Finds that the role of parental education is largely indirect, working primarily through the characteristics of a student's undergraduate institution, academic performance, educational expectations, and career values. (CAJ)

Explores three factors that may explain why certain Asian-American groups have higher educational expectations than White groups: (1) favorable socioeconomic characteristics, (2) demonstrated academic ability, and (3) high parental expectations. Indicates that parental expectations explain a large portion of children's high expectations for all Asian-American groups. (DSK)

In a 1990 census sample of 7,808 biracial children with one Asian parent, 38.8% were identified as Asian, indicating that racial identification of these children is highly optional. Children's identification as Asian was related to awareness of cultural heritage (assimilation factors, parent educational level), as well as factors unique to various ethnic groups. Contains 39 references. (SV)

This article examines the socioeconomic and demographic correlates that are associated with whether biracial children with an Asian parent are racially identified with their Asian parent or with their non-Asian parent. With data extracted from the 5-percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) of the 1990 census, we take into account explanatory variables at three levels: the child's characteristics, the parents' characteristics, and the locale's racial composition. Our results indicate that the racial identification of biracial children with an Asian parent is to a large extent an arbitrary option within today's prevailing racial classification scheme. We find empirical evidence in support of the theoretical proposition that both assimilation and awareness of Asian heritage affect the racial identification of biracial children with an Asian parent., Asian Americans are the fastest-growing minority in the United States, and most of their growth is attributed to immigrants and their children (Barringer, Gardner & Levin 1993; Kitano & Daniels [...]

In Service and Servitude: Foreign Female Domestic Workers and the Malaysian Modernity Project. By Christine B.N. Chin. New York: Columbia University Press. 1998. Pp. 299. $17.50. Domestic workers are often [...]

By Min Zhou and Carl L. Bankston, III. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 1998. Pp. 270. University of Michigan The main title of this book, Growing Up American, is somewhat [...]

The article focuses on the changing racial composition of schools in the U.S. and its effect on the perceived quality of schools from 1999 to 2012, with a focus on the metropolitan area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The authors explore the impact of moderate changes in the representation of black students in U.S. schools during the time frame of four to five years. The authors discuss the role of racial threat theory relating to their research findings. The authors contend that despite the current conditions of the schools, including changes in school safety, standardizes test scores and school poverty, that white neighborhood residents tend to perceive a reduction of the quality of their schools.

This article explores the relationship between economic potential and rates of entry into marriage and cohabitation. Using data from the 1990 census and the 1980- 1992 High School and Beyond (Sophomore Cohort), we developed a method for explicitly estimating five time-varying measures of earnings potential. The analyses of union formation are based on an intergenerational panel study of parents and children, to which our measures of earnings potential were appended. The results indicate that all five measures of earnings potential strongly and positively influence the likelihood of marriage for men, but not for women. Earnings potential does not affect entry into cohabiting unions for either men or women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]