The TASA Social Stratification Thematic Group helped to organise the July 2007 edition of Nexus: Newsletter of the Australian Sociological Association. This edition of Nexus focused on the educational aspirations and opportunities of young people in Australia. Several members of the group contributed to this edition, in particular: Daniel Edwards, Martin Forsey, Julie McMillan, Lucy Nelms, James Rice, Merete Skovgaard Schmidt, and Joanna Sikora.
'Aspirations and Opportunities: Education in Australia Today'
Julie McMillan and James Rice (page 1)
'The Consequence of Increasing University Competition for the Educationally Disadvantaged'
Daniel Edwards (pages 4-6)
'Life Chances at 15'
Lucy Nelms and Janet Taylor (pages 7-9)
'The Determinants of Educational and Occupational Expectations: A Comparative Study of the "Frog Pond" Effect'
Joanna Sikora and Lawrence J. Saha (pages 10-12)
'Across the Qualitative/Quantitative Divide? Reflections from Two Research Fields'
Daniel Edwards and Martin Forsey (pages 13-14.)
'Postgraduate Roundup: Young People's Post-Compulsory Educational Choices in Rural Australia'
Merete Skovgaard Schmidt (page 15)
Nexus: Newsletter of the Australian Sociological Association 19(2) July 2007
A pdf version of this edition of Nexus is available.