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ERIC Number: ED612644
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 18
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Technology and College Access: Understanding the Unique Challenges and Opportunities Black Students Face
Berry, Sharla
Pullias Center for Higher Education
Black youth are less likely to enroll in college than youth of other races. The disparity in college access, and subsequently, in degree attainment, is due to many systemic and structural factors. Information gaps about how to research, prepare for, and finance a college degree also lead to racial disparities in college access. Technology, including computers, the Internet, and social media, has increasingly become a vector for college knowledge. In this report I argue that educators might leverage Black students' significant use of and innovation with technology to expand opportunities to cultivate college knowledge and expand college access. In this brief, I highlight the relationship between technology and college knowledge, explore the barriers that Black youth may encounter in using technology to research and prepare for college, and offer an assets-based approach to understanding how Black youth learn, innovate, and create with technology. I conclude with recommendations for policymakers and practitioners who seek to expand Black students' college access.
Pullias Center for Higher Education. University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, Waite Phillips Hall Room 701, 3470 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089. Tel: 213-740-7218; Fax: 213-740-3889; e-mail: pullias@usc.edu; Web site: http://pullias.usc.edu
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: University of Southern California, Pullias Center for Higher Education
Identifiers - Location: California; United States
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