The chapter titled "EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY" is authored by a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Vanderbilt University, and the U.S. Office of Education. The authors, including James S. Coleman, Ernest Q. Campbell, Carol J. Hobson, James McPartland, Alexander M. Mood, Frederic D. Weinfeld, and Robert L. York, explore the topic of educational equality. The chapter is published under the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with John W. Gardner as the Secretary and Harold Howe II as the Commissioner of the Office of Education.The chapter titled "EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY" is authored by a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Vanderbilt University, and the U.S. Office of Education. The authors, including James S. Coleman, Ernest Q. Campbell, Carol J. Hobson, James McPartland, Alexander M. Mood, Frederic D. Weinfeld, and Robert L. York, explore the topic of educational equality. The chapter is published under the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with John W. Gardner as the Secretary and Harold Howe II as the Commissioner of the Office of Education.