1. Sigal Alon, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Her main fields of interest are sociology of education, social stratification and mobility, and quantitative methods and statistics. Dr. Alon is currently studying the U.S. post-secondary education system to evaluate the impact of social policies on race and class disparities in the access, experiences, and performance of students at selective and nonselective institutions. She also...
2. Marta Tienda, Ph.D., is Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Sociology, Princeton University. Her main fields of interest include stratification of higher education, the sociology of employment and labor markets, and social policy. She is currently investigating the consequences of the Texas top 10 percent law on college admissions. Her recent publications include The Color of Opportunity (University of Chicago Press, 2001), Youth in Cities (Cambridge...