Am I Smart Enough? Will I Make Friends? And Can I Even Afford It? Exploring the College-Going Dilemmas of Black and Latino Adolescent Boys

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick L. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
College Going ◽  
Latino Adolescent ◽  
Black And Latino

“Whatever You Become, Just Be Proud of It.” Uncovering the Ways Families Influence Black and Latino Adolescent Boys’ Postsecondary Future Selves

2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110184
Author(s):  
Roderick L. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Possible Selves ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
College Going ◽  
Future Selves ◽  
Latino Adolescent ◽  
Black And Latino

As researchers and school stakeholders determine ways to best support Black and Latino adolescent boys from low-income communities in actualizing their postsecondary future ambitions, more attention is needed on the types of futures these boys imagine and how family members influence this process. Guided by future orientations and possible selves frameworks, this school-based ethnographic study investigated the ways families influenced what the author calls the “postsecondary future selves” of Black and Latino (i.e., U.S.-born Salvadoran) 11th-grade boys ( N = 5). Described as what youth conceptualize as possible, likely, and expected for their lives after high school, postsecondary future selves considers three future domains: “college” (postsecondary education), “career” (postcollege employment trajectory), and “condition” (expected financial stability, relational and familial prospects, future living arrangements, happiness, and joy). Findings indicate that families built their boys’ capacities for envisioning and making strides toward ideal futures. Finding “success,” “being somebody,” and “having a future” underscored familial messages that emphasized the salience of college going in obtaining a career and life condition that would lead their boys to finding pride and fulfillment. Implications support stakeholders in building adolescents’ efficacy for threading linkages between college going and college majors, career trajectories, and expected life conditions, thus complementing familial-based supports.

scholarly journals The Level of Stress among the College going Adolescents Living in Guwahati City of Assam

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Smita Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Physical Stress ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
College Going ◽  
Guwahati City ◽  
Descriptive Method

Stress is a part of life and every one experiences it in everyday life affair. Adolescents are very often confronted with stress. The objectives of the study are to find out the level of stress among adolescent boys and girls living in Guwahati City of Assam. Another objective is to find out the level of stress of pressure, physical stress, anxiety and frustration among adolescent boys and girls living in Guwahati City of Assam. Descriptive method is used in the study. The sample of 214 adolescents of Guwahati city was selected purposively for the study. The findings of the study reveal that most of the adolescents have moderate level of stress.

Overcoming the odds

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik M. Hines ◽  
Joseph N. Cooper ◽  
Michael Corral
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Latino Males ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Predominantly White Institution ◽  
College Going ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Decision To Attend College ◽  
Black And Latino

Purpose Black and Latino males face challenges to college-going that may alter their decision to attend college. However, many Black and Latino males have successfully enrolled and matriculated through college. This study aims to explore the precollege factors that influenced the college enrollment and persistence for first generation Black and Latino male collegians (N = 5) at a predominantly white institution located in the Northeastern area of the USA. Two major themes (i.e., pre-college barriers and pre-college facilitators) along with several subthemes emerged from the data. The authors discuss recommendations for teachers, school counselors, and administrators in assisting Black and Latino males prepare for enrollment and persistence in college. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approached was used for this research study. A focus group was incorporated because it enabled participants to discuss their experiences in a single setting with other participants with similar backgrounds and thus through contrast and group dialogue vital insights related the phenomena of interest can be identified (Kitzinger, 1995). Individual interviews were conducted to engage in a more in-depth data collection process with the participants in a one-one-setting. Findings Pre-college barriers and pre-college facilitators were the major themes of this research study. The subthemes originated from the frameworks of Community Cultural Wealth (Yosso, 2005) and Constellation Mentoring (Kelly and Dixon, 2014). Originality/value The paper will contribute to the research literature, as the authors are exploring the experiences of Black male collegians from a Northeastern PWI. There is a dearth of literature in this area of research.

“It’s All Possible”: Urban Educators’ Perspectives on Creating a Culturally Relevant, Schoolwide, College-Going Culture for Black and Latino Male Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle G. Knight-Manuel ◽  
Joanne E. Marciano ◽  
Michael Wilson ◽  
Iesha Jackson ◽  
Laura Vernikoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Latino Males ◽  
College Going ◽  
Urban Educators ◽  
Latino Male ◽  
College Going Culture ◽  
Black And Latino

This article examines how 18 teachers, counselors, administrators, and support staff from seven New York City public high schools collaborated during the Black and Latino Male Professional Development Initiative (a pseudonym) to develop a “culturally relevant, schoolwide, college-going culture” supportive of Black and Latino males’ college readiness and access. We draw from a mixed-methods empirical research study to discuss participants’ changing understandings of the features of such a culture, and how participants’ action plans illuminate steps for change in their schools. We provide recommendations for creating equitable educational opportunities for Black and Latino males supportive of access to postsecondary education.

“What Am I Gonna Be Losing?” School Culture and the Family-Based College-Going Dilemmas of Black and Latino Adolescent Boys

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick L. Carey
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
College Preparation ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
College Going ◽  
Student College ◽  
Family Based

As educators and service providers in urban schools encourage student college going at higher rates than ever, policy and practice on school improvement discourses would benefit from incorporating students’ perspectives underlying family-based, college-going dilemmas that frame their college preparation. This qualitative article features the voiced experiences of 11th-grade adolescent boys, one Black and one Latino, from one school, as they grapple with both internal dilemmas (e.g., fear of changing and being distanced from their family) and external dilemmas (e.g., their expected familial commitments) inherent in their college access, success, and graduation. Using a conceptual framework that considers the social, cognitive, and institutional factors influencing their college preparation, this article focuses on social factors and advocates for institutional practices that better meet student needs.

Physical activity and body composition of adolescent boys

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 197 (11) ◽  
pp. 891-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. Novak
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Adolescent Boys
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