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African American Students and College Choice Decisionmaking in Social Context: The Influence of Race and Class on Educational Opportunity.

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Horvat, Erin McNamara – 1996

This report examines the college aspirations and decisionmaking factors gathered from 53 interviews with Black, female, college-bound students, their parents, friends, college counselors, teachers, and school staff. The goal was to reveal how the students' lives and their access to postsecondary education have been framed and structured by the…

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Black Achievement