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Direct linkAlexander, Karl; Bozick, Robert; Entwisle, Doris – Sociology of Education, 2008
This article examines the expectation to complete a bachelor's degree among a predominantly low-income, mainly African American, panel of Baltimore youths at the end of high school, at age 22, and at age 28. Across this time, stability is the modal pattern, but when expectations change, declines are more frequent than increases. Although…
Descriptors: Expectation, High School Students, College Attendance, Academic Aspiration
