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Title: Do All Roads Lead to Rome? Effect of Educational Trajectories on Educational Transitions.
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1. Milesi, Carolina
Do All Roads Lead to Rome? Effect of Educational Trajectories on Educational Transitions.
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 28,1 (March 2010): 23-44.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562410000028
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Education; Educational Attainment; School Progress; Schooling, Post-secondary; Socioeconomic Background

"Non - traditional" educational trajectories are increasingly common among American students. This study assesses the implications of this phenomenon for inequality in educational attainment. A proper account of educational trajectories requires simultaneous consideration of qualitatively different types of destinations within educational transitions, of the timing at which different transitions occur, and of the sequence of events within educational levels. To examine "traditional" and "non - traditional" pathways through post - secondary education, this study relies on detailed educational histories from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 - 2002. Findings reveal that deviations from a traditional trajectory are widespread, are more frequent among students who enrolled in less selective colleges, and also among socioeconomically and academically disadvantaged students. Results show that following a "non - traditional" pathway reduces students' chances to enroll in college and to complete a post - secondary degree. In the case of bachelor's degree completion, most of the observed gap among students from different socioeconomic backgrounds is accounted for the different trajectories students follow. This study demonstrates that a fine - grained analysis of students' trajectories improves our understanding of the persistent socioeconomic disparities in educational attainment. (c) 2010 International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Milesi, Carolina. "Do All Roads Lead to Rome? Effect of Educational Trajectories on Educational Transitions." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 28,1 (March 2010): 23-44.