"Oh, of Course I'm Going to Go to College": Understanding How Habitus Shapes the College Choice Process of Black Immigrant Students

Autor/inn/en	Griffin, Kimberly; del Pilar, Wilfredo; McIntosh, Kadian; Griffin, Autumn
Titel	"Oh, of Course I'm Going to Go to College": Understanding How Habitus Shapes the College Choice Process of Black Immigrant Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 5 (2012) 2, S.96-111 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-8926
DOI	10.1037/a0028393
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; College Choice; Decision Making; Educational Attitudes; Differences; African Americans; Immigrants; Blacks; Family Environment; Expectation; Cultural Capital; Qualitative Research; Parent Student Relationship; Social Mobility; Foreign Countries; World Views; Cameroon; Chad; Eritrea; Haiti; Jamaica; Liberia; Nigeria; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sierra Leone; Zambia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Studienortwahl; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Unterscheiden; Afroamerikaner; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Black person; Schwarzer; Familienmilieu; Expectancy; Erwartung; Qualitative Forschung; Soziale Mobilität; Ausland; World view; Weltanschauung; Kamerun; Tschad; Sambia
Abstract	Black students from immigrant backgrounds are a growing population in higher education. However, there is little research exploring their experiences as they make decisions about whether and where they will attend college. This qualitative study of 23 Black immigrants attending a public, selective research university explores how individual "habitus", or worldview, shapes the predisposition, search, and institutional choice phases of college choice. Findings suggest participants' habitus is strongly influenced by culture, prestige, and the value parents place on education. These forces pervade the college choice process, establishing students' decisions to attend college early in their lives, as well as the emphasis placed on balancing prestige with financial accessibility in the search and institutional choice processes. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10