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07B:154 SYLLABUS
Education, Race, and Ethnicity FALL 2005 Mondays: 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Class Location: N104 LC
Instructor: David Bills
Office Location: N446 Lindquist Center
319-335-5366 (Office)
e-mail:
david-bills@uiowa.edu
Class activities will vary from day to day, ranging from lectures to open discussions to student presentations. Students will be active participants in the course. You need to ask questions, raise issues, and otherwise contribute to classroom discussion.
For the class to work effectively, all of the reading must be done on time. The reading load will vary somewhat from week to week, but regardless of the volume you should read everything carefully and critically.
Your grade will be based on several short written assignments, a term paper, and your overall participation. I will accept serious attempts to rewrite papers with no penalty. I will explain all of this more fully in class. Please turn your assignments in on time. I encourage you to submit papers electronically. Your research paper should be presented in a style suitable for submission to a scholarly journal. It should follow the general format and structure of a research paper in your field, including a title page, abstract, and bibliography. We will also reserve a time for you to present your paper to the class. A one‑page proposal of your research paper is due on September 19th. I shall talk about all of this more in class. The literature on education, race, and ethnicity is enormous. We can only sample it in one semester. You should purchase the following books from the Iowa Memorial Union Book Store or at www.amazon.com.
Alba, Richard and Victor Nee. 2003. Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Rumbaut, Ruben G. and Alejandro Portes (eds.). 2001. Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Steinberg, Stephen. 2001. The Ethnic Myth: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in America. Beacon Press.
Wells, Amy Stuart and Robert L. Crain. 1999. Stepping over the Color Line: African-American Students in White Suburban Schools. New Haven: Yale University Press.
There will also be several articles for the course (see below). We may add some readings as we go along.
I have also listed several recommended readings on the syllabus. I think many of these will be useful to you as you prepare your research projects, and I encourage you to pursue some of them.
So that I can set up a listserv and stay in contact with you over the semester, please e-mail me soon after the first class session, so that I can capture your e-mail address.
Please feel free to stop in or call anytime throughout the semester if you need additional assistance or instruction.
I would like to hear from anyone who has a disability that may require some modification of the seating, testing, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements may be made. Please see me after class or during my office hours.
You may reach some documents describing university policies on the following web sites:
Student Complaint Procedures:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~coedean/policies/student_complaint/index.htm
Policy on Student Academic Misconduct.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~coedean/policies/student_ac_misconduct/index.htm
Policy on Student Academic Accommodations:
to be announced
This course is given by the College of Education. This means that class policies on matters such as requirements, grading, and sanctions for academic dishonesty are governed by the College of Education. Students wishing to add or drop this course after the official deadline must receive the approval of the Dean of the College of Education. Details of the University policy of cross enrollments may be found at: http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/deos/crossenroll.doc Again, please feel free to stop in or call anytime throughout the semester if you need additional assistance or instruction.
CONCEPTS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 1996. "Rethinking Racism: Toward a Structural Interpretation." American Sociological Review 62:465-480.
Cornell, Stephen and Douglas Hartman. 1998. Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
de Zwart, Frank. 2005. “Targeted Policy in Multicultural Societies: Accommodation, Denial, and Replacement.” UNESCO xx: 153-164.
Hallinan, Maureen T. 2000. "On the Linkages Between Sociology of Race and Ethnicity and Sociology of Education." Chapter 3 in Hallinan, Maureen T. (ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Education. New York: Kluwer Academic-Plenum Publishers.
Morning, Ann and Daniel Sabbagh. 2005 "From Sword to Plowshare: Using Race for Discrimination and Antidiscrimination in the United States." UNESCO xx: 57-73.
Perlman, Joel. 2001. "'Race or 'People': Federal Race Classifications for Europeans in America, 1898-1913." Working Paper #320. Levy Institute.
Schor, Paul. 2005. "Mobilising for Pure Prestige? Challenging Federal Census Ethnic Categories in the USA (1850-1940)." UNESCO xx: 89-101.
Simon, Patrick. 2005. "The Measurement of Racial Discrimination: The Policy Use of Statistics." UNESCO xx: 9-25.
Thernstrom, Stephan (ed.). 1980. Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
Waters, Mary C. 1990. Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in America. Berkeley: University of California Press.
NB: This volume is now over twenty years old but remains valuable. In addition to essays on about 125 different ethnic/racial groups, the volume contains the following thematic essays:
AMERICAN IDENTITY AND AMERICANIZATION--Philip Gleason
AMERICAN INDIANS, FEDERAL POLICY TOWARD--Edward H. Spicer
ASSIMILATION AND PLURALISM--Harold J. Abramson
CONCEPTS OF ETHNICITY--William Petersen
EDUCATION--Michael Olneck and Marvin Lazerson
FAMILY PATTERNS--Tamara K. Hareven and John Modell
FOLKLORE--Roger D. Abrahams
HEALTH BELIEFS AND PRACTICES--Noel J. Chrisman and Arthur Kleinman
IMMIGRATION: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS--Richard A. Easterlin
IMMIGRATION: HISTORY OF U.S. POLICY--William S. Bernard
IMMIGRATION: SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION--David Ward
INTERMARRIAGE--David M. Heer
LABOR--David Brody
LANGUAGE: ISSUES AND LEGISLATION--Abigail M. Thernstrom
LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE--Joshua A. Fishman
LEADERSHIP--John Higham
LITERATURE AND ETHNICITY--Werner Sollors
LOYALTIES: DUAL AND DIVIDED--Mona Harrington
METHODS OF ESTIMATING THE SIZE OF GROUPS--Charles A. Price
NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP--Reed Ueda
PLURALISM: A HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE--Michael Novak
PLURALISM: A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE--Michael Walzer
POLITICS--Edward R. Kantowicz
PREJUDICE--Thomas F. Pettigrew
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION, HISTORY OF--George M. Fredrickson and Dale T. Knobel
PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION, POLICY AGAINST--Nathan Glazer and Reed Ueda
RELIGION--Harold J. Abramson
RESOURCES AND RESEARCH CENTERS--Edward Kasinec
SURVEY RESEARCH--James D. Wright, Peter H. Rossi, and Thomas F. Juravich
RACE, ETHNICITY, CULTURE, AND CLASS -- Recommended Readings:
Sanders, Jimmy M. 2002. "Ethnic Boundaries and Identity in Plural Societies." Annual Review of Sociology 28: 327-357.
Steinberg, Stephen. 2001. Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought and Policy. Boston: Beacon Press.
EPLS Computer Lab – Recommended Readings
American Educational Research Association
Education Week
National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policy Making, and Management: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/GFI
U. S. Department of Education
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF AMERICAN EDUCATION -- Recommended Readings:
Smelser, Neil J., William Julius Wilson, and Faith Mitchell (eds.), America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volumes 1 and 2. Washington DC: National Academy Press.
EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL INEQUALITIES -- Recommended Readings:
Ainsworth, James W. 2002. "Why Does It Take a Village? The Mediation of Neighborhood Effects on Educational Achievement." Social Forces 81: 117-152.
Allen, Walter R. and Angie Y. Chung. 2000. "'Your Blues Ain't Like My Blues': Race, Ethnicity, and Social Inequality in America." Contemporary Sociology 29: 796-805.
Anderson, Elijah and Douglas S. Massey (eds.). 2001. Problem of the Century : Racial Stratification in the United State. New York : Russell Sage Foundation.
Charles, Camille Z., Gniesha Dinwiddie, and Douglas S. Massey. 2004. "The Continuing Consequences of Segregation: Family Stress and College Academic Performance." Social Science Quarterly 85: 1353-1373.
Conley, Dalton. 1999. Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Espenshade, Thomas J., Chang Y. Chung, and Joan L. Walling. 2004. "Admission Preferences for Minority Students, Athletes, and Legacies at Elite Universities." Social Science Quarterly 85: 1422-1446.
Fisher, Claude, Michael Hout, Martin Sanchez, Jankowski, Ann Swidler. and Samuel R. Lucas. 1996. Inequality By Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth. New Haven: Princeton University Press.
Massey, Douglas S. 1993. American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press.
Moen, Phyllis, Donna Dempster-McClain, and Henry A. Walker (eds.). 1999. A Nation Divided: Diversity, Inequality, and Community in American Society. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Thomas, M. Kathleen. 2004, "Where College-Bound Students Send Their SAT Scores: Does Race Matter?" Social Science Quarterly 85: 1374-1389.
Wilson, William J. 1987. The Truly Disadvantaged. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Wilson, William Julius. 2001. The Bridge over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics (Wildavsky Forum Series).
DESEGREGATION, BUSING, AND WHITE FLIGHT -- Recommended Readings: Andrews, Kenneth T. 2002. "Movement-Countermovement Dynamics and the Emergence of New Institutions: The Case of 'White Flight' Schools in Mississippi." Social Forces 80: 911-936.
Clotfelter, Charles T. 2001. "Are Whites Still Fleeing? Racial Patterns and Employment Shifts in Urban Public Schools, 1987-1996." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 20: 199-221.
Fairlie, Robert W. 2002. "Private Schools and 'Latino Flight' from Black Schoolchildren." Demography 39: 655-674.
Goldsmith, Pat Antonio. 2004. "Schools’ Racial Mix, Students’ Optimism, and the Black-White and Latino-White Achievement Gaps." Sociology of Education 77: 121-147.
Orfield, Gary and Susan Eaton. 1996. Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: The New Press.
Patterson, James T. 2001. Brown V. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY -- Recommended Readings: Grofman, Bernard and Samuel Merrill. 2004. "Anticipating Likely Consequences of Lottery-Based Affirmative Action." Social Science Quarterly 85: 1447-1468.
Leicht, Kevin (ed.). 1999. The Future of Affirmative Action, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. London: Elsevier.
Sullivan, Teresa. 1999. "Beyond Affirmative Action: Algorithmic Versus Holistic Approaches to College Admissions." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 17:
SCHOOLS, CURRICULUM, AND STRATIFICATION (CONT'D.) -- Recommended Readings:
Anyon, Jean. 1997. Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform. New York: Teachers College Press.
Ashenfelter, Orley,William J. Collins, and Albert Yoon. 2005. "Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization: Desegregation and the Income of African Americans." Working Paper #501. Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section.
Bali, Valentina A. and R. Michael Alvarez. 2003. "Schools and Educational Outcomes: What Causes the 'Race Gap' in Student Test Scores?" Social Science Quarterly 84: 485-507.
Bennett, Pamela R. and Yu Xie. 2003. "Revisiting Racial Differences in College Attendance: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities." American Sociological Review 68: 567-580.
Binder, Amy. 2004. Contentious Curricula : Afro-centrism and Creationism in American Public Schools . Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Blanton, Carlos Kevin. 2000. "'They Cannot Master Abstractions, But They Can Often Be Made Efficient Workers': Race and Class in the Intelligence Testing of Mexican Americans and African Americans in Texas during the 1920s." Social Science Quarterly 81: 1014-1026.
Borman, Geoffrey and Jerome D'Agostino. 1996. "Title I and Student Achievement: A Meta‑Analysis of Federal Evaluation Results," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 18: 309-326.
Card, David and Jesse Rothstein. 2005. "Racial Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap." Working Paper #500. Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section.
Farkas, George. 2004. "The Black-White Test Score Gap." Contexts 3: 12-19.
Garza,
Cecilia, and Michael Landeck. 2004. "College Freshmen at Risk
Goldsmith, Pat Antonio. 2004. "Schools’ Role in Shaping Race Relations: Evidence on Friendliness and Conflict." Social Problems 52: 587-612.
Hauser, Robert M., Devah I. Pager, and Solon J. Simmons. "Race‑Ethnicity, Social Background, and Grade Retention."
Lucas, Samuel R. and Mark Berends. 2002. "Sociodemographic Diversity, Correlated Achievement, and De Facto Tracking." Sociology of Education 75: 328-348.
Lucas, Samuel R., and Aaron D. Good. 2001. "Race, Class, and Tournament Track Mobility." Sociology of Education 74:139-156. Myhill, William N. 2004. "The State of Public Education and the Needs of English Language Learners in the Era of 'No Child Left Behind.'" Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice 8: 93-152. Olneck, Michael R. 1990. "The Recurring Dream: Symbolism and Ideology in Intercultural and Multicultural Education." American Journal of Education XX: 147-174.
IMMIGRATION -- Recommended Readings:
Alba, Richard D., John Logan, Amy Lutz, and Brian Stultz. 2002. "Only English by the Third Generation? Loss and Preservation of the Mother Tongue among the Grandchildren of Contemporary Immigrants." Demography 39: 467-484.
Alba, Richard D., Douglas S. Massey, and Rubén G. Rumbaut. 1999. The Immigration Experience for Families and Children. Washington DC: American Sociological Association.
Bankston, Carl L., III. 2004. "Social Capital, Cultural Values, Immigration, and Academic Achievement: The Host Country Context and Contradictory Consequences." Sociology of Education 77: 176-179.
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. 1995. The Tortilla Curtain. New York: Penguin Books.
Crosnoe, Robert and Lorena Lopez-Gonzalez. 2005. "Immigration from Mexico, School Composition, and Adolescent Functioning." Sociological Perspectives 48: 1-24.
Crosnoe, Robert, Lorena Lopez-Gonzalez, and Chandra Muller. 2004. "Immigration from Mexico into the Math/Science Pipeline in American Education." Social Science Quarterly 85: 1208-1226.
Hirschman, Charles. 2001. "The Educational Enrollment of Immigrant Youth: A Test of the Segmented Assimilation Hypothesis." Demography 38: 317-336.
Kandel, William and Douglas S. Massey 2002. "The Culture of Mexican Migration: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis." Social Forces 80: 981-1004.
Kao, Grace. 2004. Social Capital and Its Relevance to Minority and Immigrant Populations. Sociology of Education 77: 172-175.
Kaufman, Julia. 2004. "The Interplay Between Social and Cultural Determinants of School Effort and Success: An Investigation of Chinese-Immigrant and Second-Generation Chinese Students' Perceptions Toward School." Social Science Quarterly 85: 1275-1298.Kim, Rebecca Y. 2002. "Ethnic Differences in Academic Achievement Between Vietnamese and Cambodian Children: Cultural and Structural Explanations." Sociological Quarterly 43: 213-235.
Kim, Rebecca Y. 2002. “Ethnic Differences in Academic Achievement Between Vietnamese and Cambodian Children: Cultural and Structural Explanations.” Sociological Quarterly 43: 213-235.
Martin, Phillip and Elizabeth Midgely. 2003. "Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America." Population Bulletin 58 (2)
Noguera, Pedro A. 2004. "Social Capital and the Education of Immigrant Students: Categories and Generalizations." Sociology of Education 77: 180-183.
Perlmann, Joel. Xxxx. "Polish and Italian Schooling Then, Mexican Schooling Now? U.S. Ethnic School Attainments Across the Generations of the 20th Century." Working Paper # 350, Levy Institute.
Tienda, Marta. 2002. "Demography and the Social Contract." Demography 39: 587-616.
Van Hook, Jennifer and Kelly Stamper Balistreri. 2002. "Diversity and Change in the Institutional Context of Immigrant Adaptation: California Schools 1985-2000." Demography 39: 639-654.
Waldinger, Roger (ed.). 2001. Strangers at the Gates: New Immigrants in Urban America. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Waters, Mary C. and Tomas Jimenez. 2005. "Assessing Immigrant Assimilation: New Empirical and Theoretical Challenges." Annual Review of Sociology 31:105-125.
IMMIGRATION (CONT'D.) -- Recommended Readings:
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