More Girls Go to College: Exploring the Social and Academic Factors behind the Female Postsecondary Advantage among Hispanic and White Students

Autor/in	Riegle-Crumb, Catherine
Titel	More Girls Go to College: Exploring the Social and Academic Factors behind the Female Postsecondary Advantage among Hispanic and White Students
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 51 (2010) 6, S.573-593 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-010-9169-0
Schlagwörter	Females; Academic Achievement; College Attendance; School Counselors; Social Capital; Admission (School); White Students; Higher Education; Comparative Analysis; Hispanic American Students; Friendship; College Bound Students; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Schulleistung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Sozialkapital; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Freundschaft
Abstract	This study examines the female postsecondary advantage in matriculation among Hispanic and white youth with the goal of exploring whether social capital, in addition to academic performance and orientation, function similarly to help explain females' higher likelihood of college attendance for each group. Utilizing data from the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project (THEOP), results indicate that girls' higher academic performance in high school is an important factor behind their subsequent gender advantage in 4-year college attendance, particularly for Hispanic students. Additionally, compared to their co-ethnic male peers, Hispanic and white girls have greater levels of social capital, such as more academically-focused friendship groups in high school, that are associated with higher rates of college attendance. However, girls' greater frequency of discussion with high school counselors about college appears to contribute to the female advantage in matriculation only for Hispanic students. For both groups, the analyses suggest that all of the factors considered explain substantially less of the female advantage in 2-year college matriculation than they do for the female advantage in 4-year matriculation. In general, the results underscore the need for more research considering the complex processes through which gender and race/ethnicity intersect in shaping individuals' paths to college. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10