Potholes on the Road to College

High School Effects in Shaping Urban Students’ Participation in College Application, Four-year College Enrollment, and College Match

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2328293
AutoresMelissa Roderick (The School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, autor correspondente), Vanessa Coca (0000-0001-7453-3625, The Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA), Jenny Nagaoka (The Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA)
Ano2011
Volume84
Fascículo3
Páginas178-211
Data de publicação2011-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038040711411280
OpenAlexW2138643103
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas107
Referências citadas43

This article examines the extent to which indicators of the college-going climate of urban high schools are associated with students' application to, enrollment in, and choice among four-year colleges. The investigators examine two mechanisms by which high schools may shape college enrollment among low-income students in an urban school system: (1) by ensuring whether seniors who aspire to a four-year college degree take the steps to apply to and enroll in a four-year college, and (2) by influencing whether students enroll in colleges with selectivity levels at or above the kinds of colleges they are qualified to attend (a 'college match'). We investigate different approaches to measuring college-going climate and develop new indicators. Findings suggest that qualifications and college aspirations will not necessarily translate into four-year college enrollment if urban high schools do not develop organizational norms and structures that guide students effectively through the college application process. Urban students who attend high schools where there is a pattern of four-year college-going, where teachers report high expectations and strong supports for college attendance, and where there is high participation in financial aid application are more likely to plan to attend, apply to, be accepted into, and enroll in a four-year college that matches their qualifications

Attendance · Geography · Mathematics education · Medical education · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies