Educational Credentialism – Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Call for papers on the general topic of “Educational Credentialism” for a special volume of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Elsevier Publishers, under the series editorship of Kevin Leicht, University of Iowa.  Special editors for this volume are David K. Brown, Illinois State University and David B. Bills, University of Iowa. We seek new and continuing social research from a variety of disciplines and perspectives on social inequalities resultant of varied understandings of credentialing processes, including theoretical, historical, comparative, and other empirical studies of relationships between formal education and organizations/occupations/work.  The deadline for submission is February 15, 2010.  Expected publication date is January, 2011.  All manuscripts will be peer reviewed.  Manuscript guidelines, online submission instructions, and other information for authors are available here.