Sixth Form&Coll Entrnc Ils 234 International Library of Sociology Series

This is Volume XXI of twenty-eight in the Sociology of Education Series. Originally published in 1969, since the war, and especially over the last decade, everyday interest in higher education has been increasing rapidly. Public interest has pinpointed a variety of practical problems implicit in the rapid postwar expansion of higher education. This book examines some of these through a study of the transition from sixth form to further education, and raises such concerns as academic wastage and the influence of social factors on chances of success.

1. The Research Problem; 2. The Research Design and the Population Studied; 3. A Comparison of the Three Basic Models; 4. Sex Differences and Urban-Rural Differences in the Population Studied; 5. The Sixth Formers’ Career and Educational Aspirations; 6. Factors Related to the Direction of Aspirations; 7. Factors Influencing the Choice among Colleges of the Same Type; 8. Factors Affecting Achievement within the Sixth Form; 9. Values, Achievement and Admission to College; ch0010 Wastage at the End of the Sixth Form Career; 11. Indications of the Influence of the School at the Sixth Form Stage; 12. Summary and Conclusions;

Raymond N. Morris