From High School to College Gender, Immigrant Generation, and Race-Ethnicity / Charles Hirschman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirschman, Charles, author.

Series:

Russell Sage Foundation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College preparation programs--United States.

Educational equalization--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today, over 75 percent of high school seniors aspire to graduate from college. However, only one-third of Americans hold a bachelor's degree, and college graduation rates vary significantly by race/ethnicity and parental socioeconomic status. If most young adults aspire to obtain a college degree, why are these disparities so great? In From High School to College, Charles Hirschman analyzes the period between leaving high school and completing college for nearly 10, 000 public and private school students across the Pacific Northwest. Hirschman finds that although there are few gender, racial, or immigration-related disparities in students' aspirations to attend and complete college, certain groups succeed at the highest rates. For example, he finds that women achieve better high school grades and report receiving more support and encouragement from family, peers, and educators. They tend to outperform men in terms of preparing for college, enrolling in college within a year of finishing high school, and completing a degree. Similarly, second-generation immigrants are better prepared for college than first-generation immigrants, in part because they do not have to face language barriers or learn how to navigate the American educational system. Hirschman also documents that racial disparities in college graduation rates remain stark. In his sample, 35 percent of white students graduated from college within seven years of completing high school, compared to only 19 percent of black students and 18 percent of Hispanic students. Students' socioeconomic origins-including parental education and employment, home ownership, and family structure-account for most of the college graduation gap between disadvantaged minorities and white students. Further, while a few Asian ethnic groups have achieved college completion rates on par with whites, such as Chinese and Koreans, others, whose socioeconomic origins more resemble those of black and Hispanic students, such as Filipinos and Cambodians, also lag behind in preparedness, enrollment, and graduation from college. With a growing number of young adults seeking college degrees, understanding the barriers that different students encounter provides vital information for social scientists and educators. From High School to College illuminates how gender, immigration, and ethnicity influence the path to college graduation.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Role of Education in American Society: Expanding Opportunity and Persistent Inequality; Chapter 2. Recent Trends in College Graduation: The National Portrait; Chapter 3. The University of Washington-Beyond High School Project: Data and Description; Chapter 4. The College Pathways Model; Chapter 5. Social Origins and College-Pathway Transitions; Chapter 6. A Closer Look at the Role of Culture in Explaining Educational Transitions

Chapter 7. Work and Extracurricular Activities in the Lives of High School SeniorsChapter 8. The Impact of Schools and the Promise of Scholarships on College-Pathway Transitions; Chapter 9. Summing Up: Pathways to College Graduation; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610448574

161044857X

OCLC:

953582191