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College Is …: Focusing on the College Knowledge of Gang-Associated Latino Young Men
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Huerta, Adrian H.; McDonough, Patricia M.; Venegas, Kristan M.; Allen, Walter R. – Urban Education, 2023
Research shows that gang-associated youth are less likely to complete high school and earn a postsecondary educational credential. However, scholars have not determined "why" gang youth do not persist into higher education. This ethnographic study aims to focus on the narratives of 13 Latino high school young men to understand what…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Juvenile Gangs, At Risk Persons, Academic Persistence
"You Can Go to College": Employing a Developmental Perspective to Examine How Young Men of Color Construct a College-Going Identity
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Huerta, Adrian H.; McDonough, Patricia M.; Allen, Walter R. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2018
This article examines college-going identity construction for Black, Latino, and Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students. The authors use Marcia's (J Personal Soc Psychol 3(5):551-558, 1966; in: Delson (ed) Handbook of adolescent research, Wiley, New York, 1980) ego identity statuses perspective to examine how students develop…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Males, College Bound Students, African American Students
Ebony in the Ivory Tower: Examining Trends in the Socioeconomic Status, Achievement, and Self-Concept of Black, Male Freshmen
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Griffin, Kimberly A.; Jayakumar, Uma M.; Jones, Malana M.; Allen, Walter R. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2010
Despite the educational challenges African American males face, there is a sizeable population successfully finishing high school and entering college. This study provides an overview of how a national sample of black male freshmen embodied the cognitive, social, and institutional factors related to college access between 1971 and 2004. Data…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Freshmen, Males, Socioeconomic Status
The Color of Success: African-American College Student Outcomes at Predominantly White and Historically Black Public Colleges and Universities.
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Allen, Walter R. – Harvard Educational Review, 1992
Data from survey of 872 African-American students at predominantly white colleges and 928 at historically black colleges suggest that academic achievement is highest for students who have higher educational aspirations, positive faculty relationships, confidence in their college choice. Beyond individual characteristics, academic performance is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students