Understanding the Decision to Enroll in Graduate School: Sex and Racial/Ethnic Group Differences

By Laura W. Perna. 2004

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Education

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When Race and Gender Collide: Social and Cultural Capital’s Influence on the Academic Achievement of African American and Latino Males (2010, background): “Perna, L. W. (2004). Understanding the decision to enroll in graduate school: Sex and racial/ethnic group differences. Journal of Higher Education, 75(5), 487–527. Pike, G. R. (2000). The influence of fraternity or sorority membership on students’ college experiences and cognitive development. Resea”
Detecting selection bias, using propensity score matching, and estimating treatment effects: an application to the private returns to a master’s degree (2007, methodology): “Following the example of Perna (2004) , cultural and social capital is reflected in parents’ educational background, whether or not English is the first language spoken at home, and the institutional mission of the undergraduate institution attended.”
Understanding High School Students’ Willingness to Borrow to Pay College Prices (2008, background): “John, 2003), and graduate school enrollment (Choy & Carroll, 2000; Ehrenberg, 1991; Fox, 1992; Monks, 2001; Perna, 2004; Weiler, 1991), prior research on students’ perceptions of loans is limited in several respects.”
STUDYING COLLEGE ACCESS AND CHOICE: A PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL MODEL (2006, background): “A review of research published since 1985 shows the continued appropriateness of the GAO’s conclusion (Perna, 2004c).”
Career Outcomes of STEM and Non-STEM College Graduates: Persistence in Majored-Field and Influential Factors in Career Choices (2013, methodology): “Variables regularly considered in studies of post-college choices include gender, age, race, academic performance, undergraduate majors, parents and family background, financial resources, and institutional characteristics (Ethington and Smart 1986; Mullen et al. 2003; Perna 2004; Zhang 2005).”
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT (2006, background): “While missing data is not often discussed in quantitative higher education research, recently scholars have provided greater detail as to the extent and source of missing data in their analyses (e.g., Perna, 2004; Titus, 2004).”
Emerging from the Pipeline: African American Students, Socioeconomic Status, and College Experiences and Outcomes (2008, background): “A few recent studies, however, have compared African American and White students’ aspirations for and enrollment in graduate and profession programs (Carter 1999; Pascarella et al. 2004; Perna 2004 ).”
Effects of Exposure to Part-time Faculty on Community College Transfer (2008, background): “This finding corresponds to other research that links first-year GPA and persistence and degree completion (Eagan and Jaeger 2008; Titus 2004).”