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Choices and Enrollments in French Secondary and Higher Education: Repercussions for Second-Generation Immigrants

Christine GuégnardYaël Brinbaum

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Economic growthImmigrationLabor market050602 political science & public administrationSociologyDemocratizationAccès à l'enseignement supérieurmedia_common4. EducationDropoutDegree completion05 social sciences050301 educationEnfant de migrant[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationPreference0506 political scienceVocational education8. Economic growthlanguageEnseignement secondaireFranceChoix des étudesTransition to the labor marketaccess to higher educationHigher educationmedia_common.quotation_subject[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Educationeducation[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationSocial classEnseignement supérieurEducationDémocratisation de l'enseignementPostsecondary choiceUniversitybusiness.industrySecond-generation ImmigrantInsertion professionnelleTertiary educationdemocratizationInégalité racialeAbandon des étudeslanguage.human_languageDemographic economicsAccess to tertiary programPortugueseAccess to Higher Educationbusiness0503 education

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En ligne sur http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1086/670729?uid=16804784&uid=3738016&uid=2129&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3&uid=67&uid=16735408&uid=62&uid=5909928&sid=21102655856551; International audience; In France, the proportion of second-generation immigrants enrolling in tertiary education has increased as education has undergone a process of "democratization." This article analyzes their postsecondary choices, access to tertiary programs, dropout, and transition to the labor market, compared to those of students of French origin. Youths of Portuguese origin are more likely to enter vocational higher programs concordant with their preferences and have better chances of completing a tertiary degree and finding a job. Despite their preference for selective vocational higher programs, some students of North African origin are diverted toward academic university courses, leading to higher dropout rates. This unequal access to higher education affects both degree completion and entry into the French labor market.

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2013-08-01
https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00865287