Evidence for the Influence of School Context on College Access

dc.contributor.authorStrick, Betsy R.en
dc.date.accessed2019-11-05en
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-19T19:56:23Zen
dc.date.available2019-12-19T19:56:23Zen
dc.date.issued2012-05-01en
dc.description.abstractSince the release of the Coleman Report in 1966, studies (such as Sirin, 2005; Radford, Berkner, Wheeless, & Shepherd, 2010) have continued to find an association between socioeconomic status and educational attainment. Wyner, Bridgeland, and Diiulio (2007) observe that a progressively lower proportion of low-income, high achieving students remain successful as they advance from elementary school through college. The present study considers college enrollments from a college preparatory charter secondary school serving low-income students. The study finds that alumni enrolled in Preuss, a four-year colleges at a higher rate than did lotteryassigned comparison students. These four-year college enrollment findings held for Hispanic, African American, and Asian American students. At the same time, the overall college enrollment rates, meaning enrollment in two- and four-year colleges in contrast to no college enrollment, were quite similar for the Preuss School and comparison students. These results were achieved, this study suggests, through numerous academic and social supports that increase college eligibility rates and institute four-year college and financial aid applications as part of coursework. The four-year college enrollment findings offer the promise that schools can be arranged to increase academic opportunities for low-income students.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEducation Policy Analysis Archivesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/276549225_Evidence_for_the_Influence_of_School_Context_on_College_Access/fulltext/55d9352508ae9d65948fac93/Evidence-for-the-Influence-of-School-Context-on-College-Access.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96071en
dc.identifier.volumeVolume 20; No. 35en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEducation Policy Analysis Archivesen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectlow-income studentsen
dc.subjectminority studentsen
dc.subjectstudent financial aiden
dc.subjectadmission policyen
dc.titleEvidence for the Influence of School Context on College Accessen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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