This research focused on gendered variations in the effects of academic agency, social and cultural capital on high school seniors’ college plans. Monitoring the Future (2012) data from a sample of 12,000 seniors, supplemented with interviews with education professionals found theoretically meaningful gender differences. College plans of males and females were directly influenced by their academic agency. Their parents were an additional direct positive influence, even if only for males. But, parental cultural capital and abstaining from controlled substances increased likelihood of pursuing college through increased academic agency for both males and females. These findings contributed to the literature on gendered higher education pathway...
Although America has almost achieved the goal of equality of educational opportunity for women, it i...
There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educatio...
This descriptive, qualitative study explored high school senior males\u27 perceptions and attitudes ...
The present study investigated how female/male nontraditional and traditional college students’ educ...
In recent years, especially after the publication in 2000 of Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone: The...
In this article, we analyze gender differences in college major selection for respondents to the Edu...
Cross-country studies reveal two consistent gender gaps in education-underachievement in school by b...
This research analyzes the decision process of high school seniors in their postgraduation plans. Mo...
High school is the time when final preparations are made prior to embarking on postsecondary opportu...
One of the less discussed issues in the literature on educational production functions, in Spain, is...
Using a social capital framework, the current study examined the effect of curriculum and cohort siz...
This study investigates how habitus, especially when it interacts with economic, cultural, and socia...
Family support, both financial and social, can impact the educational aspirations of youth. Studies ...
Though Coleman (1966) claimed many school factors do not matter for students' educational outcomes, ...
The workforce in society today has rapidly growing fields of science, technology, engineering and ma...
Although America has almost achieved the goal of equality of educational opportunity for women, it i...
There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educatio...
This descriptive, qualitative study explored high school senior males\u27 perceptions and attitudes ...
The present study investigated how female/male nontraditional and traditional college students’ educ...
In recent years, especially after the publication in 2000 of Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone: The...
In this article, we analyze gender differences in college major selection for respondents to the Edu...
Cross-country studies reveal two consistent gender gaps in education-underachievement in school by b...
This research analyzes the decision process of high school seniors in their postgraduation plans. Mo...
High school is the time when final preparations are made prior to embarking on postsecondary opportu...
One of the less discussed issues in the literature on educational production functions, in Spain, is...
Using a social capital framework, the current study examined the effect of curriculum and cohort siz...
This study investigates how habitus, especially when it interacts with economic, cultural, and socia...
Family support, both financial and social, can impact the educational aspirations of youth. Studies ...
Though Coleman (1966) claimed many school factors do not matter for students' educational outcomes, ...
The workforce in society today has rapidly growing fields of science, technology, engineering and ma...
Although America has almost achieved the goal of equality of educational opportunity for women, it i...
There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educatio...
This descriptive, qualitative study explored high school senior males\u27 perceptions and attitudes ...