Planning for College and Careers
How Families and Schools Shape the Alignment of Postsecondary Expectations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2328509 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caitlin E Ahearn (0000-0003-3866-4833, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 271-293 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380407211039272 |
| OpenAlex | W3193676012 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 51 |
Students with aligned educational and occupational expectations have improved college and labor market outcomes. Despite extensive knowledge about the ways social background and school context contribute to educational expectations, less is known about the role of social intuitions in shaping expectational alignment. Drawing on data from the 2009 High School Longitudinal Study, I estimate the magnitude of socioeconomic inequality in alignment. I examine how differences in observed student characteristics contribute to, and whether school-based postsecondary planning initiatives mitigate, that inequality. Results from multinomial regression models show large socioeconomic differences in ninth-grade alignment, and I identify achievement, attitudes about college and careers, and relationships with significant others as contributors to those differences. Participation in postsecondary planning is associated with reduced uncertainty and increased alignment, but this relationship does not differ by social background, indicating that the examined college and career planning policies do little to address inequality in alignment
Context (archaeology) · Context effect · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Higher education · Inequality · Longitudinal study · Population · Postsecondary education · Social inequality · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |