All Talk and No Action? Racial Differences in College Behaviors and Attendance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2363506 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Kate Blake (0000-0003-2959-145X, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 553-572 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0731121418777237 |
| OpenAlex | W2805355956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 51 |
According to the influential 'oppositional culture' account, we should expect black students as a group to be less likely to engage in school than their white counterparts because they are more likely to believe and act in opposition to academics. In contrast to this prediction, qualitative and quantitative researchers have almost uniformly deduced that black students hold similar or higher educational values, attitudes, and expectations as compared with whites. I pull from the rich literature on racial differences in educational attitudes and expectations to posit that instead of black students shirking education, black students are actually more likely to act in favor of education, and that this might help explain their higher net rates of college attendance as indicated in prior research. Using the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS), I find that black students' higher rates of engagement in college-going behaviors mediate the relationship between race and college attendance so that race is no longer a significant predictor of attendance. Implications for how these results can address racial disparities in college attendance are discussed
Attendance · Higher education · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
Differences Between Latinx and White Students in College-Going Behaviors
Structural racism as the fundamental cause of the academic achievement gap
Mexican-Origin Children's Educational Expectations and Academic Performance
Black-White incentive inequality for college persistence
The 'Burden' of Oppositional Culture Among Black Youth in America
Assessing the oppositional culture explanation for Mexican students
Minority education and caste
On the Edge of Commitment
Integration InterruptedTracking, Black Students, and Acting White after Brown
Kids Don't Want to Fail
The Missing "One-Offs"
Student Perceptions of College Opportunities
The College Application Gauntlet
On the Path to College
Framing the Future
Commentaries
Social Background and Academic Determinants of Two-Year versus Four-Year College Attendance
Black students' school success
Shadow Education, American Style
The Dynamics of Educational Attainment for Black, Hispanic, and White Males
The Net Black Advantage in Educational Transitions
Family and High School Experience Influences on the Postsecondary Educational Plans of Ninth-Grade Students
Schooling Behaviors or Prior Skills? A Cautionary Tale of Omitted Variable Bias Within Oppositional Culture Theory
Those Who Choose and Those Who Don't
Assessing the Oppositional Culture Explanation for Racial/Ethnic Differences in School Performance
"It's Not "a Black Thing
Revisiting Racial Differences in College Attendance
Does Oppositional Culture Exist in Minority and Poverty Peer Groups
I (Don't) Hate School
Race, Financial Aid Awards and college Attendance
Racial Differences in the Effects of Significant Others on Students' Educational Expectations
Sampling Weights and Regression Analysis
Trusting Each Other
Potholes on the Road to College
Effort Optimism in the Classroom
After the Bell
How African American Is the Net Black Advantage? Differences in College Attendance Among Immigrant Blacks, Native Blacks, and Whites
How Changes in Families and Schools Are Related to Trends in Black-White Test Scores
The End of Affirmative Action in Washington State and Its Impact on the Transition from High School to College
When Race Matters
Black/White Differences in School Performance
Equality of Educational Opportunity
Testing the Oppositional Culture Explanation in Desegregated Schools
Logistic Regression
Compensatory Sponsorship in Higher Education
The "Nine Lives" of Oppositional Culture
Do skills and behaviors in high school matter? The contribution of noncognitive factors in explaining differences in educational attainment and earnings
Racial inequality and college attendance
Understanding Differences in College Enrollment
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |