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Examining the Role of Social Capital in Access to College for Latinas: Toward a College Opportunity Framework
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Using life history research methods, this paper sought to understand how relationships with family and school personnel affect postsecondary opportunities for Latina students, and the focus is on prima... and primaAbstract:
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Studying college access and choice: a proposed conceptual model
Abstract: The student financial aid programs that were authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act were intended to ensure that inadequate financial resources would not limit access to college. Nonetheless, despite substantial investment in student financial aid not only by the federal government but also by state governments, colleges and universities, and other entities, college access and choice remain stratified by socioeconomic status (SES) and race/ethnicity. Although students received about $122 billion in financial aid from all sources in 2003–04 (The College Board, 2004), individuals with low family incomes, individuals whose parents have not attended college, African-Americans, and Hispanics are less likely than other individuals to enroll in college. When they do enroll, these groups are concentrated in lower price institutions, such as public two-year colleges and less selective four-year colleges and universities (Baum and Payea, 2004; Ellwood and Kane, 2000; National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2003, 2004; Thomas and Perna, 2004). For example, although college enrollment rates increased over the past two decades for 18to 24-year-old high school graduates regardless of family income, college enrollment rates continue to be substantially lower for students in the lowest family income quartile than for students in the highest family income quartile (Mortenson, 2001). The current 30percentage point gap in college enrollment rates between low-income and high-income students is comparable to the size of the gap in the 1960s (Gladieux and Swail, 1999). Descriptive analyses show that smaller percentages of students with low family incomes than of students with high family incomes expect to graduate from college, take a college entrance examination, apply to a four-year college, and enroll in a four-year college,
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Understanding Latina and Latino College Choice: A Social Capital and Chain Migration Analysis
TL;DR: The authors examined the college choice process for Latina and Latino students in the greater Los Angeles basin through interviews and focus groups with 106 high school juniors and seniors and found that as primarily first-generation college students, the students in this sample relied heavily on siblings, peers, relatives, and high school contacts for purposes of postsecondary planning and for creating a college consideration and application set.
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Potholes on the Road to College High School Effects in Shaping Urban Students’ Participation in College Application, Four-year College Enrollment, and College Match
TL;DR: The authors examined the extent to which indicators of the college-going climate of urban high schools are associated with students' application to, enrollment in, and choice among four-year colleges.
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TL;DR: The Discovery of Grounded Theory as mentioned in this paper is a book about the discovery of grounded theories from data, both substantive and formal, which is a major task confronting sociologists and is understandable to both experts and laymen.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of social capital is introduced and illustrated, its forms are described, the social structural conditions under which it arises are examined, and it is used in an analys...
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Qualitative Evaluation And Research Methods
TL;DR: The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry Theoretical Orientations Particularly Appropriate Qualitative Applications as mentioned in this paper, and Qualitative Interviewing: Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation Enhancing the quality and credibility of qualitative analysis and interpretation.
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Qualitative evaluation and research methods
TL;DR: The Nature of Qualitative Inquiry Theoretical Orientations Particularly Appropriate Qualitative Applications as mentioned in this paper, and Qualitative Interviewing: Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation Enhancing the quality and credibility of qualitative analysis and interpretation.