Abstract
Previous studies argued that high school resources play a modest role in students’ postsecondary destinations, but they ignored
schools’ programmatic resources, which provide opportunities for marks of distinction, such as Advanced Placement courses,
and they focused on older cohorts of high school students who entered colleges before competition over admission to selective
colleges intensified in the 1980s. Analyses of data on a cohort of students who entered college in the mid-2000s suggest that
programmatic and non-programmatic resources found in high schools influence postsecondary destinations and mediates the effect
of family socioeconomic status on choices among 4-year colleges.
schools’ programmatic resources, which provide opportunities for marks of distinction, such as Advanced Placement courses,
and they focused on older cohorts of high school students who entered colleges before competition over admission to selective
colleges intensified in the 1980s. Analyses of data on a cohort of students who entered college in the mid-2000s suggest that
programmatic and non-programmatic resources found in high schools influence postsecondary destinations and mediates the effect
of family socioeconomic status on choices among 4-year colleges.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-28
- DOI 10.1007/s11162-012-9261-8
- Authors
- Joshua Klugman, Department of Sociology, Temple University, 1115 W. Polett Walk, Gladfelter Hall 713, Philadelphia, 19122 PA, USA
- Journal Research in Higher Education
- Online ISSN 1573-188X
- Print ISSN 0361-0365
