Transition to College: What Helps At‐Risk Students and Students Whose Parents Did Not Attend College

Abstract

This chapter investigates factors that facilitate postsecondary enrollment for subpopulations of high school students. Students that find themselves at risk and those with parents who have no college experience receive primary consideration.

Social capital and student achievement in Norwegian secondary schools

“…Policies for equality in terms of education have deep roots in Norway and a high degree of formal equality supports participation in the education system regardless of social and cultural background, gender, place of residence or special needs. However, as in many other societies (Cabrera and La Nasa, 2001;Choy et al, 2000;Erikson and Jonsson, 1998;Hu, 2003;Husén, 1989;OECD, 2001OECD, , 2004, links still exist between participation in education, learning outcomes and home socio-economic status in Norway (Huang 2007).…”

Access to Higher Education among High School Students: Challenges and Solutions

“…Placed in the context of other GEAR UP initiatives (Muraskin, 2003;Standing et al, 2008) as well as other programs designed to encourage high school students to consider the value and benefits of a postsecondary education (Choy, 2001;Conley, 2009), the experiences and lessons learned from the initiative described in this highlights the importance of recognizing the fact that student decisions to pursue postsecondary education are influenced by both school-and family-related supports (Choy et al, 2000;Dennis et al, 2005;Mahoney et al, 2003;Phinney et al, 2006). An important next step in understanding which supports are most important is to unpack the activities that GEAR UP offers to isolate which activities under which conditions are associated with optimal student benefits.…”

Understanding Students' Parental Education Beyond First-Generation Status

“…Students' experiences and views were primarily selected based on findings from previous research about first-generation students (Arredondo, 1999;Astin, 1984;Choy, Horn, Nunez & Chen, 2000;London, 1996;Mitchell, 1997;Nuñez, & Cuccaro-Alamin, (Expecting Parking, Transportation, Family Responsibilities, Job Responsibilities, Paying for College, Scheduling Classes, and Difficulty of Classes to be a Problem; Alpha = .71).…”

“…In comparison to students whose parent(s) attended college, first-generation students experience greater challenges to college access (Choy, Horn, Nunez & Chen, 2000;Volle & Federico, 1997), college involvement (Astin, 1984), institutional connectedness (Arredondo, 1999;Astin, 1984;Terenzini et. al, 1994), academic and social integration (Tinto, 1987(Tinto, , 1993, and degree completion (Nuñez, & Cuccaro-Alamin, 1998;Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991).…”