Family and high school experience influences on the postsecondary educational plans of ninth-grade students
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The objectives of this study were to review the current literature on status attainment and student college choice and to develop and test a structural model of predisposition to attend college. Family and student background characteristics, parents’ educational expectations for students, level of student involvement in school, and student achievement were cited as influences on students’ predisposition toward postsecondary education and were the chief components of the model. Data from 2,497 ninth-grade students and their parents were used to test the model using LISREL. Parents’ expectations exerted the strongest influence throughout the model. Parents’ education, student gender, high school GPA, and high school experiences also contributed significantly in explaining students’ aspirations.
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The social learning theory of career decision making explores sociological indicators that influence students' decisions to pursue postsecondary education.
“The social learning theory of career decision making explores sociological indicators that influence students' decisions to pursue postsecondary education (Hossler & Stage, 1992).”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Hossler & Stage, 1992
A host of factors at the predisposition stage influence decisions, including socioeconomic status, student achievement, ethnicity, gender, parental educational expectations and encouragement, high school quality, and high school characteristics.
“A host of factors at this stage influence their decisions include the following:”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Hossler and Stage (1992)
Hossler and Stage (1992) found that parents' educational levels and gender contributed significantly and positively to the dependent variables (parents' expectations, G.P.A., students' activities in high school, and students' aspirations).
“They found that parents' educational levels and gender contributed significantly and positively to the dependent variables.”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Hossler & Stage, 1992
The predisposition stage of students' college choices is the time when the student decides whether or not to continue formal education beyond their high school studies.
“Hossler and Stage (1992) discussed the predisposition stage of students' college choices.This stage is characteristic of the time when the student decides whether or not to continue formal education beyond their high school studies.”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Hossler and Stage (1992)
Hossler and Stage's (1992) model explained 36% of the variance in students' plans to enroll in postsecondary education.
“The model explained 36% of the variance in students' plans to enroll in postsecondary education.”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Hossler & Stage, 1992
Hossler and Stage (1992) found that parental influence and high school experience factors (grades and activities) were significantly related to students' aspirations.
“In addition, parental influence and high school experience factors (grades and activities) was significantly related to students' aspirations.”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Hossler & Stage, 1992
Gender is a factor influencing postsecondary education enrollment.
“gender (Hossler & Stage, 1992) are factors influencing postsecondary education enrollment”
From The Relationship of High School Curriculum Tracks to Degree Attainment and Occupational Earnings (2009) · cites this paper as Hossler & Stage, 1992
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- Authors
- Hossler, D., & Stage, F. K.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University (US)
- ORCID
- Hossler, Don
- Venue
- American Educational Research Journal
- Published
- 1992-06
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 425-451
- ISSN
- 0002-8312 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-1011
- OpenAlex
- W2170659939
- Cited by
- 419
- References
- 60
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- FWCI
- 21.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Educational Research Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Keywords
- higher education aspirations, college choice, ninth grade students, parental educational expectations, family background, academic performance, high school GPA, gender differences, status attainment
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