Using life history research methods, this study sought to understand how relationships with
family and school personnel affect postsecondary opportunities for Latina students. The …

The educational research on Asian Pacific Americans (APAs2) has left many unanswered
questions as to what factors, or relationships among factors, affect the educational …

This volume examines conceptual frameworks and models that flow from scholars'
definitions and operationalizations of social class: status attainment theory, human capital …

The authors examined students' reports of their college choice process to understand the
influence of a set of psychological, personal, and institutional factors. The authors also …

Most of us think that valedictorians can write their own ticket. By reaching the top of their
class they have proven their merit, so their next logical step should be to attend the nation's …

This article critically examines the empirical scholarship that applies institutional habitus, a
conceptual extension of Bourdieu's theory of practice, to investigations of higher education …

This study examines the relationship between networks that provide high school students
with “social capital for college”(SCFC) and their access to selective institutions. It also …

This paper addresses how institutional selectivity influences college preferences and
enrollment decisions of Texas seniors in the presence of a putatively race-neutral …

Abstract Using the College Board SAT registration and questionnaire data of 2010 high
school graduating seniors, we found clear patterns by race/ethnicity and parental education …

Using a critical race theory framework, this study examines the ways in which race and
racialized ideologies are manifested in high-stakes college admissions, the debate over …