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Title: Expanding Secondary Attainment in the United States, 1940-80

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: In this article, the authors examine the growth of secondary school attainment in the United States between 1940 and 1980, exploring several different conceptual frames of reference. Using state-level data, the authors identify a diffusion model of educational expansion using a fixed-effects panel regression approach. This method is used to analyze change over time, with particular attention to evaluating nonlinear processes of growth. The authors consider the effect of a number of correlates on changing patterns of enrollment in the postwar era. Regional differences in attainment diminished during each decade, and a limited number of social and economic developments appear to have influenced rising enrollment, although most attainment growth appears to have been linked to a self-generating process of diffusion.

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Authors: Rury, John L.; Skorupski, William P.; Saatcioglu, Argun

Periodical (Full): Historical Methods

Issue: 3

Volume: 43

Pages: 139-152

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Methodology and Data Collection, Other

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