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Session 58:
Access to and the Impact of College Education

Thursday, April 30
3:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Mackinac West
Chair: Jennie E. Brand, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant: Robert M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin at Madison

1. Race and the Growing Female Advantage in Educational Attainment: A Trend Comparison  •  Thomas A. DiPrete, Columbia University; Anne McDaniel, Ohio State University; Claudia Buchmann, Ohio State University; Uri Shwed, Columbia University

2. Minority Higher Education Pipeline: Consequences of Changes in College Admissions Policy in Texas  •  Angel L. Harris, Princeton University; Marta Tienda, Princeton University

3. Rationing Opportunity: The Role of America’s Colleges and Universities in Graduation Trends  •  Michael Hout, University of California, Berkeley

4. Is a College Degree Still the Great Equalizer? Intergenerational Mobility across Levels of Schooling in the U.S.  •  Florencia Torche, New York University

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