Experimental Estimates of Impacts of Cost-Earnings Information on Adult Aspirations for Children's Postsecondary Education

Autor/inn/en	Cheng, Albert; Peterson, Paul E.
Titel	Experimental Estimates of Impacts of Cost-Earnings Information on Adult Aspirations for Children's Postsecondary Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 90 (2019) 3, S.486-511 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
DOI	10.1080/00221546.2018.1493669
Schlagwörter	Academic Aspiration; Parents; Postsecondary Education; Cost Effectiveness; Academic Degrees; Socioeconomic Status; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; College Choice; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Low Income Groups; Political Influences; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Family Income + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Eltern; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; Studienortwahl; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familieneinkommen
Abstract	Economic information may close aspiration disparities for postsecondary education across socioeconomic, ethnic, and partisan divides. In 2017, we estimated impacts of information on such disparities by means of a survey experiment administered to a nationally representative sample of 4,214 adults. A baseline group was asked whether they preferred a 4-year degree, a 2-year degree, or no further education for their oldest child younger than the age of 18 years (or the option they would prefer if they had a child younger than 18 years). Before 3 other randomly selected segments of our sample were asked the same question, they were given either information about (a) both net costs and returns, (b) net costs, or (c) returns to a 2-year and 4-year degree. Information about both costs and returns did not reduce socioeconomic-status disparities but did affect ethnic and partisan divides. The findings suggest that reductions in socioeconomic inequalities in educational opportunity require more than simple changes in the dissemination of information aimed at altering economic cost-benefit calculations. Sustained effort that mitigates deeper-seated cultural and social barriers seems necessary. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01