William Rau

584 total citations
21 papers, 447 citations indexed

About

William Rau is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, William Rau has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 447 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Education, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in William Rau's work include Higher Education Research Studies (3 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 papers) and Education Discipline and Inequality (2 papers). William Rau is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Research Studies (3 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (3 papers) and Education Discipline and Inequality (2 papers). William Rau collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Rau's co-authors include Barbara Sherman Heyl, Paul J. Baker, Howard S. Becker, Rita J. Simon, Dennis W. Roncek, Mary Louise Fellows, Wilbert M. Leonard, Frank D. Beck and Jennifer Scherer and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Social Forces and Sociology of Education.

In The Last Decade

William Rau

20 papers receiving 323 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Rau United States	7	274	89	67	50	43	21	447
Dennis M. O’Toole United States	13	446 1.6×	43 0.5×	70 1.0×	66 1.3×	24 0.6×	22	592
Alan Woodley United Kingdom	16	559 2.0×	105 1.2×	84 1.3×	75 1.5×	35 0.8×	32	763
Margaret H. DeFleur United States	10	164 0.6×	100 1.1×	21 0.3×	41 0.8×	18 0.4×	18	383
Bruce W. Speck United States	13	397 1.4×	72 0.8×	99 1.5×	56 1.1×	20 0.5×	40	548
Jeff E. Hoyt United States	13	332 1.2×	37 0.4×	37 0.6×	69 1.4×	53 1.2×	26	459
Len Cairns Australia	7	401 1.5×	91 1.0×	75 1.1×	52 1.0×	51 1.2×	15	619
C. Carney Strange United States	11	324 1.2×	94 1.1×	45 0.7×	97 1.9×	27 0.6×	20	496
Jürgen Seifried Germany	14	276 1.0×	122 1.4×	58 0.9×	79 1.6×	61 1.4×	84	473
Olusegun Agboola Sogunro United States	9	183 0.7×	44 0.5×	43 0.6×	76 1.5×	55 1.3×	12	390
Susan Weil United Kingdom	9	352 1.3×	83 0.9×	45 0.7×	50 1.0×	78 1.8×	16	578

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rau, William, et al.. (2006). Bringing Assessment Literacy to the Local School: A Decade of Reform Initiatives in Illinois. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). 11(1). 39–55. 5 indexed citations

Rau, William, et al.. (2001). The Dark Engine of Illinois Education: A Sociological Critique of a "Well-Crafted (Testing) Machine". Educational Policy. 15(3). 404–431. 3 indexed citations

Rau, William. (2001). Response: To Replicate or Not to Replicate: Is That Schuman's Question?. Sociology of Education. 74(1). 75–75. 3 indexed citations

Rau, William. (2000). 2000 Annual transport statistics & fees survey. 6(4). 17–20. 4 indexed citations

Rau, William, et al.. (2000). The Academic Ethic and College Grades: Does Hard Work Help Students to "Make the Grade"?. Sociology of Education. 73(1). 19–19. 147 indexed citations

Rau, William. (1999). 1999 annual transport statistics & fees survey. 5(4). 20–23. 1 indexed citations

Rau, William, et al.. (1999). The Chicago School Reforms: Are They Working?. Sociological Quarterly. 40(4). 641–661. 2 indexed citations

Simon, Rita J., Jennifer Scherer, & William Rau. (1999). Sexual harassment in the heartland? Community opinion on the EEOC suit against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America. The Social Science Journal. 36(3). 488–495. 2 indexed citations

Rau, William, et al.. (1999). Industrialization, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Modern Division of Labor by Sex. Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society. 38(4). 504–521. 1 indexed citations

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Becker, Howard S. & William Rau. (1992). Sociology in the 1990s. Society. 30(1). 70–74. 25 indexed citations

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Rau, William. (1992). The Good Sociology Departments: Will We Ever Find Them? Will We Even Try?. Teaching Sociology. 20(2). 165–165. 4 indexed citations

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Rau, William & Wilbert M. Leonard. (1990). Evaluating Ph.D. sociology programs: Theoretical, methodological and policy implications. The American Sociologist. 21(3). 232–256. 6 indexed citations

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Rau, William & Barbara Sherman Heyl. (1990). Humanizing the College Classroom: Collaborative Learning and Social Organization among Students. Teaching Sociology. 18(2). 141–141. 171 indexed citations

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Rau, William & Paul J. Baker. (1989). On the Unfinished Work of Connecting Problems to Solutions: Some Thoughts on Bowker and Gamson. Teaching Sociology. 17(2). 181–181. 3 indexed citations

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Rau, William & Paul J. Baker. (1989). The Organized Contradictions of Academe: Barriers Facing the Next Academic Revolution. Teaching Sociology. 17(2). 161–161. 27 indexed citations

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Rau, William & Dennis W. Roncek. (1987). Industrialization and World Inequality: The Transformation of the Division of Labor in 59 Nations, 1960-1981. American Sociological Review. 52(3). 359–359. 10 indexed citations

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Simon, Rita J., Mary Louise Fellows, & William Rau. (1982). Public Opinion about Property Distribution at Death. Marriage & Family Review. 5(3). 25–38. 11 indexed citations

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Simon, Rita J., William Rau, & Mary Louise Fellows. (1980). Public Versus Statutory Choice of Heirs: A Study of Public Attitudes about Property Distribution at Death. Social Forces. 58(4). 1263–1263. 2 indexed citations

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Rau, William. (1979). Industrial Man in the Global Village: A Five Nation Test of Value Convergence. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Rita J., et al.. (1978). Public Attitudes About Property Distribution at Death and Intestate Succession Laws in the United States. American Bar Foundation Research Journal. 3(2). 319–391. 13 indexed citations

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