Cost of College Tuition: Getting Ready to Pay for College: What Students and Their Parents Know About the Cost of College Tuition and What They Are Doing to Find Out

Horn, Laura; Chen, Xianglei; Chapman, Chris

doi:10.1037/e492152006-009

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“…Consistent with other studies, Horn, Chen and Chapman (2003;hereafter HCC) find that family income and parental education predict the likelihood that parents and students provide tuition estimates. Parents of white students are more likely to be aware of college costs than parents of Hispanic or black students, though it appears that Hispanic/white differences may be accounted for by other factors including parental education and household income.…”

Section: Knowledge Of College Costssupporting

confidence: 75%

Real and imagined barriers to college entry: Perceptions of cost

Grodsky¹,

Jones²

2007

Social Science Research

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Real and Imagined Barriers to College Entry: Perceptions of CostPatterns of postsecondary attendance in the United States continue to be stratified by socioeconomic background and race/ethnicity. We suggest that inequalities in knowledge of the costs of going to college contribute to persistent patterns of stratification. We hypothesize that disadvantaged parents who believe their child will attend college are less certain of the costs of college attendance.As a result, they are less able or willing to provide an estimate of the costs of college attendance, more likely to over-estimate those costs if they do provide an estimate, and make larger errors in estimation than comparable middle class or white parents. Using nationally representative data, we find mixed support for these hypotheses. Socioeconomically disadvantaged parents and minority parents are less likely to provide estimates of college tuition and, when they provide estimates, tend to make larger errors. On average, though, parents provide upwardly biased estimates of cost that are uniform across race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We discuss implications of these findings for sociological theory and for inequality in postsecondary education.

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Section: Knowledge Of College Costssupporting

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Real and imagined barriers to college entry: Perceptions of cost

Grodsky¹,

Jones²

2007

Social Science Research

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165

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“…Parents like Charlotte may have had lower expectations prior to the Promise program and account provision, due to their low-income status and other barriers (Kim, Sherraden, & Clancy, 2013). They may lack critical information about financial aid and college costs (Grodsky & Jones, 2004;Horn, Chen, & Chapman, 2003). However, Promise Indiana appears to be reshaping their sense of what is possible for their children.…”

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Examining the relationship between parental educational expectations and a community-based children's savings account program

Rauscher

Elliott

O’Brien

et al. 2017

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…One logical source of assistance with problems associated with alignment and information about college and financial aid is the high school counselor (Hamrick & Hossler, 1996;Horn, Chen, & Chapman, 2003;Springer, Cunningham, O'Brien, & Merisotis, 1998). Counselors may be an especially important source of assistance and information for Blacks, Latinos, low-income students, and students whose parents do not have direct experience with college (Perna, 2004;Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, 2004;Tornatzky, Cutler, & Lee, 2002).…”

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The Role of College Counseling in Shaping College Opportunity: Variations across High Schools

Perna¹,

Rowan-Kenyon²,

Thomas³

et al. 2008

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This study draws on data from descriptive case studies of 15 high schools, three in each of five states. The findings highlight constraints in the availability of college counseling, differences in the availability of college counseling across schools, and the influence of schools, districts, higher education institutions, and states on the availability and nature of college counseling. The study suggests that, in the context of limited fiscal and other resources, changes in federal and state financial aid policies, district policies pertaining to counseling, and relationships with higher education institutions will help ensure that all students receive sufficient college counseling.

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Cost of College Tuition: Getting Ready to Pay for College: What Students and Their Parents Know About the Cost of College Tuition and What They Are Doing to Find Out

Cited by 70 publications

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Real and imagined barriers to college entry: Perceptions of cost

Real and imagined barriers to college entry: Perceptions of cost

Examining the relationship between parental educational expectations and a community-based children's savings account program

The Role of College Counseling in Shaping College Opportunity: Variations across High Schools

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