The Best Laid Plans
Postsecondary Educational Expectations and College Enrollment in Massachusetts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9012562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tolani Britton (0000-0003-0856-3783, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 940-964 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1546 • E-ISSN: 1538-4640 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221546.2019.1590294 |
| OpenAlex | W2937644630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 42 |
This article explores how college expectations in 8th grade change by 10th grade, and if students realize the expectations for a given level of college from 8th and 10th grade, in light of the “college for all” ethos. This study is based on administrative data from 235,875 public school students in Massachusetts from 2006 to –2016. Using a multinomial logistic regression, I find that students who plan to attend a 4-year college in grades 8 and 10 are 24% more likely to enroll in college and attend a 4-year institution than their peers who did not have such plans. However, students who plan to attend a 2-year college in both 8th and 10th grade are less likely to enroll in any type of college when compared to students who planned to attend a 4-year college and students who were unsure of their college plans. Further, both Black and Latinx students are less likely than their White peers to have college enrollment outcomes that mirror their expectations, after controlling for academic preparation. These results, which update prior research on expectation, have implications for increasing access to college for students who planned to attend college
College education · Community college · Demographic economics · Higher education · Logistic regression · Mathematics education · Matriculation · Medical education · Multinomial logistic regression · Political science · Postsecondary education · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · School Choice and Performance
Undergraduate Students’ Purpose and Persistence in Higher Education
The Added Value of Latinx and Black Teachers for Latinx and Black Students
High School Students’ Expectations and College Aspirations
Do Students who Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail? Effects of Individualized Learning Plans on Postsecondary Transitioning
Protecting the Path to College During Covid-19
College Is
College Choice, Interrupted
The Nexus of Carcerality and Access and Success in Postsecondary Education
Accessing Possible Selves With Limited College Knowledge
Beyond College for All
Linear Probability, Logit, and Probit Models
Student Perceptions of College Opportunities
Assessment of factors affecting the validity of self-reported health-risk behavior among adolescents
The College Application Gauntlet
Studying College Access and Choice
Rising College Expectations among Youth in the United States
On the Path to College
Expectancy–Value Theory of Achievement Motivation
Adoption? Adaptation? Evaluating the Formation of Educational Expectations
Expectations on Track? High School Tracking and Adolescent Educational Expectations
Change in the Stratification of Educational Expectations and Their Realization
Assessing the adaptation of adolescents’ educational expectations
The Relation of Early Adolescents’ College Plans and Both Academic Ability and Task-Value Beliefs to Subsequent College Enrollment
College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education
College for All
College Knowledge of 9th and 11th Grade Students
Directionality of the Associations of High School Expectancy-Value, Aspirations, and Attainment
Family and High School Experience Influences on the Postsecondary Educational Plans of Ninth-Grade Students
Post-High School Plans and Aspirations of Black and White High School Seniors
The Link between Educational Expectations and Effort in the College-for-all Era
Potholes on the Road to College
College for some to college for all
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |