This article investigates mechanism-based explanations for a well-known empirical pattern in sociology of education, namely, that Black-White unequal access to school resources -- defined as advanced coursework -- is the highest in racially diverse and majority-White schools. Through an empirically calibrated and validated agent-based model, this study explores the dynamics of two qualitatively informed mechanisms, showing (1) that we have reason to believe that the presence of White students in school can influence the emergence of Black-White advanced enrollment disparities and (2) that such influence can represent another possible explanation for the macro-level pattern of interest. Results contribute to current scholarly accounts of within-school inequalities, shedding light into policy strategies to improve the educational experiences of Black students in racially integrated settings.
翻译:标题翻译:存在白人学生与黑白校内不平等出现:两个基于互动的机制
摘要翻译:本文研究了教育社会学的经验模式,即黑白人获得学校资源(即高级课程)的不平等现象,它在种族多元化和以白人为主的学校中最为严重的机制性解释。通过经验验证的代理模型,本研究探讨了两个质量知识驱动的机制的动力学,结果发现白人学生的存在可能影响黑白人的高级课程报名比例。这种影响可以解释我们感兴趣的宏观模式,为当前学术界对校内不平等现象的解释提供了贡献,并为改善黑人学生在种族融合环境中的教育体验制定了相关政策策略。