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Miller, Tracy Yvonne – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explored factors that influence the postsecondary career decisions of 427 11th and 12th grade students in a guaranteed tuition-based school district in a Midwestern state. Since 2005, this district has had a "Promise" program where eligible students can get up to 100% of their postsecondary tuition paid to attend a college,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Influences, Decision Making, Tuition
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Carey, Roderick L. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
This article highlights the voices of two 11th grade boys of color (one Black and one Latino), attending one U.S. urban charter school, as they describe the various ways their families supported their college going efforts. This study finds that these participants were equipped with what the author conceptualizes as "college going familial…
Descriptors: Males, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Social Capital