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Student Engagement, Peer Social Capital, and School Dropout Among Mexican American and Non-Latino White Students

Ream, Robert K., Rumberger, Russell W.·2008·Sociology of Education
DOI 10.1177/003804070808100201
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Policy makers are especially concerned about persistently high dropout rates among U.S. Latinos, the largest minority population in the United States. This study used a national longitudinal database to show that the behavioral and social aspects of schooling are dynamically linked in the process of school completion and dropout among Mexican American and non-Latino white adolescents. In contrast to the tendency of academically disengaged students to develop street-oriented friendships, students who are involved in school tend to befriend others who also make schooling a priority. Thus, student engagement influences competing friendship networks in a manner that contributes to the completion of school. Furthermore, engagement behaviors and school-oriented friendship networks have the potential to reduce dropout rates. To their social and educational detriment, however, Mexican American students appear to be less engaged in unorganized academic endeavors and formally sponsored extracurricular activities than are white students. The results of this study support policies that combine targeted educational and social reforms to bolster school completion among Mexican origin youths.

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Authors
Ream, R. K., & Rumberger, R. W.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Riverside (US)
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
Corresponding author
Ream, Robert K.
ORCID
Ream, Robert K.
Venue
Sociology of Education
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-04
Volume
81
Issue
2
Pages
109-139
ISSN
  • 0038-0407 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-8573
DOI
10.1177/003804070808100201
OpenAlex
W2107666168
Cited by
329
References
165
Citations by year
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FWCI
41.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Sociology of Education (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Youth Development and Social Support
Keywords
student engagement, school dropout, Mexican American students, Latino youth, school completion, friendship networks, extracurricular activities, student disengagement, educational inequality

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