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Download full textBalemian, Kara; Feng, Jing – College Board, 2013
Presented at the AP Annual Conference (APAC) in Las Vegas, NV in July 2013. This analysis takes a close look at first-generation Advanced Placement® (AP®) test takers to better understand the needs and challenges they face on their path to college. The analysis focuses on college-bound AP test takers who also took the SAT and examines a variety of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students
Bureau for At-Risk Youth, Plainview, NY. – 1997
Targeted to teens at-risk for early motherhood and dropping out of school, as well as to teachers, counselors, and parents, this video encourages teens to delay motherhood by underscoring the link between goal-setting and education. The 24-minute film features seven urban high school students speaking about the importance of education and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents
Hutchings, Donald; And Others – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1977
A five-year longitudinal investigation was undertaken to identify factors influencing secondary school students in their choice of sixth-form courses and possible careers. The influence of intelligence, personality, aspirations, and family were studied. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Art, Biology, Career Choice
Poole, Millicent E.; Jones, Dave – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1977
Influences are examined (home, school, and intra-personal) which are associated with early school leaving. A follow-up study reports the educational and occupational plans and attainments of early leavers. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
