No Place Like Home? Familism and Latino/a-White Differences in College Pathways

Recent research has argued that familism, defined as a cultural preference for privileging family goals over individual goals, may discourage some Latino/a youth from applying to and attending college, particularly if they must leave home (Desmond and Turley 2009). Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study, we find that Latino/a students and parents indeed have stronger preferences than white students and parents for living at home during college. For students, most differences in preferences for proximate colleges are explained by socioeconomic status, academic achievement and high school/regional differences. Moreover, controlling for socioeconomic background and prior achievement explains most racial/ethnic gaps in college application and attendance among high school graduates, suggesting that familism per se is not a significant deterrent to college enrollment above and beyond these more primary factors. However, results indicate generational differences; cultural factors may contribute to racial/ethnic gaps in parental preferences for children to remain at home.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Pre-Veterinary Opportunities and Recommendations for DVM Admissions

During the summer of 2020, a survey-based study was conducted at North Carolina State University, a land-grant university, to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on pre-veterinary students’ ability to gain experience hours for Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) admissions. Of the 286 respondents (47% of the respondent pool), 92% reported losing at least one animal, veterinary, research, extracurricular, or work opportunity due to COVID-19, and 59% were not able to find a replacement. Of the lost experiences, 74 (20.8%) were for academic credit, resulting in 131 total academic credit hours lost, while only 12 credit hours were gained via alternative experiences. Of respondents, 30% (29.7%) identified as applicants of the 2020–2021 Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS) cycle. More than half (52.6%) of the sample identified being concerned about the strength of their VMCAS experiences due to these lost opportunities. Many respondents reported considering delaying application submissions by taking a gap year (17.5%) or have had their intended graduation timeline affected (14.8%). Since the majority of veterinary colleges utilize a holistic review process, this study provides a basis for understanding the effects of COVID-19 on the duration, depth, and diversity of experiences gained by future DVM applicants. This article also provides recommendations for DVM admissions adaptations based on the outcomes of the data.

Effect of Irrigation and Fertigation Levels on Cabbage (Brassicaceae Oleracea var. capitata L. Grandslam F1)

There are very few studies on cabbage at different fertigation levels in the Marmara Region, where this study was conducted. In this respect, our study has a unique quality. This study was carried out in Bursa Uludag University Yenisehir İbrahim Orhan College application greenhouses in 2014-2015 years. Five different irrigation treatments (T1: 100% (full irrigation), T2: 75%, T3: 50%, T4: 25%, T5: 0% (non-irrigated)) and two different fertigation treatments (F1.0: 100% (100:100:100 NPK fertigation and F0.5: 50% (50:50:50 NPK) fertigation) were combined together to determine the effects on yield and quality parameters of cabbages. The amount of irrigation water in 2014 and 2015 years varied between 0.0-620.0 mm and 0.0-660 mm, respectively, while evapotranspiration values varied between 150.0-700 mm and 180.0-710 mm, respectively. It was determined that irrigation water and fertigation levels, yield and quality parameters of cabbages were affected significantly. In both application years, the highest yield was obtained from T1F1.0 treatment as 73.2 and 68.4 tons ha-1 respectively, while the lowest yield was obtained from T5F1.0 treatment as 3.0 and 3.0 tons ha-1, respectively. In 2014 and 2015 years the crop response factor values of cabbage were calculated as 1.20-1.19 and 1.23-1.18, respectively. T2F1.0 and T2F0.5 treatments can be recommended as the most effective irrigation and fertilization levels of cabbage.

Impact of a Low-Cost Postsecondary Enrollment Intervention: Evidence from Louisiana

While it is well understood that postsecondary education increases lifetime earnings, the complexity of the college application process creates a barrier to postsecondary enrollment. This paper investigates a whole-school external application assistance program run by a nonprofit student support services organization, Career Compass of Louisiana. We employ panel data of Louisiana high schools in a difference-in-differences framework and find that exposure to Career Compass increases postsecondary enrollment by 3.9 percentage points. Moreover, the effect of exposure is larger in school districts with a majority of black students as well as districts with a majority of low-income students. By providing services to all schools within a district the program is able to achieve low costs relative to similar programs, and effects that are in line with many more expensive programs suggest that scaling this model to new areas could provide a cost-effective approach to increasing postsecondary enrollment among high school graduates.

College Transition Program for Student-Athletes (CTPSA): A Psychoeducational Group for Boys of Color

This article suggests a group intervention for student-athlete boys of color who intend to play sports in college. This group is a component of a larger proposed school-wide program, the College Transition Program for Student-Athletes (CTPSA). The CTPSA’s suggested group intervention offers school counselors a college readiness option to support the college application process, college adjustment, and transition for boys of color who are student-athletes. We discuss the group’s purpose, design, format, curriculum, and expected outcomes and present implications for school counselors and other counseling professionals.

Culturally-Responsive College Application Advising for Undocumented Immigrant Students

This chapter examines the implication of implementing culturally responsive pathways to college for undocumented students. The chapter provides an overview of the barriers students face, unique needs to consider, and outcomes for school counselors, or those supporting students in the college application process to go beyond the traditional practice of application completion. This chapter also includes a brief literature review of culturally responsive pedagogy and its application within a culturally responsive advising framework. Additionally, best practices and challenges are discussed.

In-State Tuition Policies and the College Decisions of Undocumented Students: Evidence from Colorado

We study the effects of a decrease in college tuition on college application and enrollment behavior. Specifically, we use student-level data to analyze a Colorado law that granted in-state tuition to undocumented students residing in Colorado. We find an increase in the credit hours and persistence of newly enrolled and likely undocumented students. We do not find evidence of changes in the persistence or credit hours of continuing students. Leveraging application-level data, we show suggestive evidence that the policy induced more students to enroll in college due to an increase in applications, rather than an increase in the acceptance rate or the enrollment rate.

Rekayasa Perangkat Lunak Pemetaan Perguruan Tinggi Berbasis Web di Kota Tangerang Selatan

Prospective students have the desire to continue their education to universities with faculties and departments that match their interests and talents. Many prospective students do not know the information related to the location of the university or faculty and department available at a university. In general, prospective students find out this information through the university's website or just information from the public. In South Tangerang City, there are already many universities or colleges in the South Tangerang City area. With the disain of the University Mapping WebGIS software in South Tangerang City, it is hoped that the information on universities around South Tangerang City can be easily recieved by prospective students. This software was developed with the Waterfall model, which this development model can make it easier for software developers to observe on planning or analysis before starting the development process. The result of using the Waterfall method is the Mapping College application in South Tangerang City. This mapping application can later be used by prospective students to find information about the location of universities in South Tangerang City or information related to faculties and departments available at a university.

Opening the Black Box of Remote College Counseling using Text-as-Data

Many programs remotely disseminate information to students about the college application process, but there is little evidence as to how students engage with this information. This paper uses text-as-data methods to examine 400,000 text messages exchanged between remote college counselors and 15,000 low- and middle-income high school seniors. I show that students are seven to eight times more likely to have productive conversations with counselorsabout financial aid offers and financial aid applications than about college lists. These findings reveal the complexity that remote programs face in providing more personalized advice to students, as well as demonstrate how text-as-data methods can combine qualitative and quantitative analysis to generate useful information about how students substantively engage with large-scale educational programs.