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With the publication of his book, "Inequality," Christopher Jencks became a primary advocate of class culture as the predominant casual factor in social inequality. However, his espousal of the prepotency of class culture was first signalled in his 1968 article "Social Stratification and Higher Education" in which he stated that...
Thus, the process of academic selection is largely seen by Jencks as a process of voluntary compliance with implied cultural expectations. Half the total population does not graduate from high school; half the high school graduates do not enter college; half the college students never graduate; and so on--all...
Medical School officials yesterday criticized national medical manpower legislation now before Congress, saying it would not cure the unequal distribution of doctors in the U.S.
There are other lessons in a comparison with earlier struggles over integration, too. One is that the importance of each step can't be measured in isolation, without reference to a continuing process of history. Integrating Boston's schools won't bring racial justice to Boston, any more than integrating...
No major body of Christian teaching favors forgiveness without some concern for justice. For churchmen, as for other Americans, one of the most galling aspects of Ford's decision is that it suggests unequal justice. Ethicist Roger L. Shinn, acting president of Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary, feels that the...