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Ruffalo Noel Levitz, 2022
What are the experiences, expectations, and challenges of college-bound high school students and their families regarding college financing? To answer that question, Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL), Ardeo Education, and PLEXUSS surveyed 1,250 high school students from the 11th and 12th grades about how they become interested in colleges and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Paying for College, Student Costs
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Fraysier, Kathleen; Reschly, Amy L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine whether secondary student engagement was predictive of college attendance. Data were drawn from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 9th grade (n = 21,444) and 11th grade (n = 20,549) cohorts. Multilevel modeling was used to analyze whether demographic, academic, financial, and engagement variables…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Learner Engagement, Predictor Variables
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Carey, Roderick L. – American Journal of Education, 2019
Black and Latino adolescent boys and young men from low-income communities face numerous perceived and actual barriers to achieving their postsecondary educational goals. To advocate for more precise interventions, this study investigated how black and Latino eleventh grade boys' college ambitions were shaped by their school's college-going…
Descriptors: Males, Low Income Groups, At Risk Persons, Barriers
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Lippman, Laura; Guzman, Lina; Keith, Julie Dombrowski; Kinukawa, Akemi; Shwalb, Rebecca; Tice, Peter – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report uses data from the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) Parent and Family Involvement Survey (PFI) to examine the characteristics associated with the educational expectations parents had for their children and the postsecondary education planning practices families and schools engaged in. The results presented in…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Family Involvement, Academic Aspiration, Student Financial Aid