Complicating Conditions
Obstacles and Interruptions to Low-Income Students' College “Choices”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9019272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca D Cox (0000-0002-9264-7543, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00221546.2016.11777392 |
| OpenAlex | W4230554255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 16 |
Although a major focus of current research and policymaking efforts involves understanding and minimizing the barriers to postsecondary access, conventional reform strategies do not appear to be effecting substantial change in the college-going opportunities for students from low-income and underrepresented racial/ethnic groups. This article presents the results of a qualitative, longitudinal study of the high school-to-college transition for a sample of 16 low-income, Black and Latino students at two inner-city high schools in the Northeastern United States. Drawing on interviews with students over a three-year period—from their junior year of high school through one year after high school graduation—this analysis highlights the interruptions to students' postsecondary plans. In this sample, students' actual postsecondary paths, which included delayed college enrollment and two-year college matriculation, diverged substantially from the initial plans participants developed during high school. Ultimately, the findings illustrate how these students' life circumstances engender decisions that preclude the kinds of choices assumed in the college choice model
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Focus group · Graduation (instrument · Higher education · Low income · Mathematics education · Matriculation · Medical education · Postsecondary education · Sample (material · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |