From high school to college : gender, immigrant generation, and race-ethnicity /

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"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 colleg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hirschman, Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2016]
Subjects:
Educational equalization > United States.
College preparation programs > United States.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Programmes d'études préuniversitaires > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
College preparation programs
Educational equalization
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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