Mission Statement: SOE provides a forum for studies in the sociology of education and human social development. We publish research that examines how social institutions and individuals' experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development. Such research may span various levels of analysis, ranging from the individual to the structure of relations among social and educational institutions. In an increasingly complex society, important educational issues arise throughout the life cycle. The journal presents a balance of papers examining all stages and all types of education at the individual, institutional, and organizational levels. We invite contributions from all methodologies.
Read Selected Articles
School Strategies and the "College-Linking" Process: Reconsidering the Effects of High Schools on College Enrollment (January 2008)
Military Service and Educational Attainment in the All-Volunteer Era (October 2007)
Gender, Obesity, and Education by Robert Crosnoe (July 2007)
When Work Matters: The Varying Impact of Work Intensity on High School Dropout by Jennifer C. Lee and Jeremy Staff (April 2007)
Why are Some Academic Fields Tipping Toward Female? The Sex Composition of U.S. Fields of Doctoral Degree Receipt, 1971-2002 by Paula England, Paul Allison, Su Li, Noah Mark, Jennifer Thompson, Michelle J. Budig, and Han Sun (January 2007)
Straddling Boundaries: Identity, Culture, and School by Prudence L. Carter (October 2006)
Schooling for Newcomers: Variation in Educational Persistence in the Northern United States in 1920 by Stewart E. Tolnay and Amy Kate Bailey (July 2006) | 
