The Issue at a Glance

The Academic Travails of an Honest Man (10.1007/s12129-016-9601-9)

Glenn M. Ricketts, National Association of Scholars

In his introduction to the first special section of this issue, “Equality of Educational Opportunity at Fifty: Coleman’s Report and His Legacy,” Glenn M. Ricketts reminds AQ readers of the struggles and successes of the report’s principal author, James S. Coleman, who held data and truth above political and social conviction during his often embattled career as a research sociologist.

Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Four Moments in the Research Career of James S. Coleman (10.1007/s12129-016-9600-x)

Russell K. Nieli, Princeton University

Using the 1966 publication of Equality of Educational Opportunityas a starting point, Russell K. Nieli considers “four broad phases in James Coleman’s evolving thought on education in America.” As Nieli notes, despite the public controversy and collegial rancor this