Policy, not discrimination, derails student's college plans

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 11-11
Keyword(s):  
College Plans

Patterns of Undergraduate Performance Related to Success in College

1979 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Dozier Hackman ◽  
Thomas D. Taber
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Discriminant Functions ◽  
College Performance ◽  
College Community ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
College Plans ◽  
Undergraduate Performance

From multivariate descriptions of undergraduates, seven success patterns and five nonsuccess patterns are identified as prevalent types of student performance in one college community. The discriminant functions underlying these two typologies partially substantiate the dimensions in Clark and Trow’s typology of college student subcultures. Students categorized into the twelve types show significant differences in demographic characteristics, admissions credentials, college performance, and post-college plans. Quantified admissions data favor some types of students over others. The results suggest that colleges present students with a complexity of subenvironments, each of which emphasizes and rewards different patterns of behavior.

College-Going Decisions by Chicanos: The Politics of Misinformation

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Post
Keyword(s):  
Latino Students ◽  
Public University ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Language Background ◽  
On Demand ◽  
College Going ◽  
University Systems ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
College Plans

Even as California increases the presence of Latino students in its public university systems, the net college-going rates for the group have fallen off markedly. To understand the decision process, this study examines Chicano students in one large high school. In particular, the effect of cost on demand was sought by using a survey of graduating seniors. Logistic regressions on college plans revealed differential effects of estimated cost, depending on ethnicity and language background. For the children of Spanish-speaking parents, costs were largely determinant of college plans, whereas they were not for the children of English speakers. Significantly, it was the children of Spanish speakers who had the highest and most unrealistic estimates of college tuition.

scholarly journals College plans help for children in war zones

BMJ ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 318 (7179) ◽  
pp. 281-281
Author(s):  
K. Abbasi
Keyword(s):  
War Zones ◽  
College Plans

‘I’ve Learned to Love What’s Going to Pay Me’: A Culture of Despair in Higher Education during a Time of Insecurity

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Aronson
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
University Employees ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
The Social ◽  
Commuter University ◽  
The One ◽  
College Plans

Based on 153 interviews at a mid-sized, commuter university, this article examines the disjuncture between students and alumni on the one hand, and faculty, academic staff and administrators on the other in their perceptions of the challenges facing students who graduate during the Great Recession. Findings reveal a culture of despair in response to economic insecurity for students and graduates: they pursued degrees primarily for a workplace credential, were fearful about the future, and experienced and expressed uncertainty in their post-college plans. While university employees were sympathetic to student problems, only a small number of faculty, staff and administrators viewed student despair as resulting from large-scale structural problems. Instead, the majority of faculty and all of the administrators and academic staff emphasized the need for an individualized response to the social problem of the Great Recession.

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