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Understanding Latina and Latino College Choice: A Social Capital and Chain Migration Analysis
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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.Abstract:
Through interviews and focus groups with 106 high school juniors and seniors, this research examined the college choice process for Latina and Latino students in the greater Los Angeles basin. Using chain migration theory within a social capital framework, the results indicated 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.read more
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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
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