ERIC Number: EJ1325630
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Feb
Pages: 34
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Accountability and (In)Congruence in a No-Excuses School College-Going Culture
Noll, Lori A.
American Educational Research Journal, v59 n1 p112-145 Feb 2022
This study explores how the college-going culture at a no-excuses charter school with high college enrollment rates shaped students' worldviews and trajectories. Drawing on 7 months of ethnographic fieldwork, I found that the school boosted college enrollment through student compliance to the college accountability policies rather than through the transmission of dominant cultural resources. Alignment between a student's worldview and the school's approach mediated their ability to draw on their full range of resources to participate in the college choice process and forge postsecondary trajectories they believed in. These findings foreshadow the potential impacts of "College for All" accountability structures and underscore the importance of cultural congruence in college-going cultures.
Descriptors: Accountability, School Culture, Charter Schools, Student Attitudes, World Views, Congruence (Psychology), Compliance (Psychology), College Choice, College Attendance, Cultural Capital, High School Seniors, African American Students, Black Colleges, Student School Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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