Michelle Jackson is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford University and an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford.

"The book edited by Michelle Jackson is a major contribution to the literature analyzing class differences in educational attainment . . . The book not only provides new findings but also pushed the discussion of whether and under what conditions the decomposition of class differences in educational transitions into primary and secondary effects is useful . . . In addition, the country studies are outstanding, providing a great deal of evidence in compact form. They will be useful for all interested in the sociology of education and stratification research."—Thorsten Schneider, American Sociological Review "Following in the tradition of seminal works on comparative studies of education, Determined to Succeed offers an excellent assessment of social origin and educational attainment. Important and innovative, the volume is sure to find wide influence and readership in the sociology of education."—Hans Peter Blossfeld, University of Bamberg "Clear, systematic, and consistently high quality, this book offers an important contribution to the sociology of education and stratification."—Florencia Torche, New York University

Michelle Jackson is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford University and an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford.

"The book edited by Michelle Jackson is a major contribution to the literature analyzing class differences in educational attainment . . . The book not only provides new findings but also pushed the discussion of whether and under what conditions the decomposition of class differences in educational transitions into primary and secondary effects is useful . . . In addition, the country studies are outstanding, providing a great deal of evidence in compact form. They will be useful for all interested in the sociology of education and stratification research."—Thorsten Schneider, American Sociological Review "Following in the tradition of seminal works on comparative studies of education, Determined to Succeed offers an excellent assessment of social origin and educational attainment. Important and innovative, the volume is sure to find wide influence and readership in the sociology of education."—Hans Peter Blossfeld, University of Bamberg "Clear, systematic, and consistently high quality, this book offers an important contribution to the sociology of education and stratification."—Florencia Torche, New York University

Michelle Jackson is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford University and an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford.

"The book edited by Michelle Jackson is a major contribution to the literature analyzing class differences in educational attainment . . . The book not only provides new findings but also pushed the discussion of whether and under what conditions the decomposition of class differences in educational transitions into primary and secondary effects is useful . . . In addition, the country studies are outstanding, providing a great deal of evidence in compact form. They will be useful for all interested in the sociology of education and stratification research."—Thorsten Schneider, American Sociological Review "Following in the tradition of seminal works on comparative studies of education, Determined to Succeed offers an excellent assessment of social origin and educational attainment. Important and innovative, the volume is sure to find wide influence and readership in the sociology of education."—Hans Peter Blossfeld, University of Bamberg "Clear, systematic, and consistently high quality, this book offers an important contribution to the sociology of education and stratification."—Florencia Torche, New York University