Differences in the Decision to Attend College among African Americans, Hispanics, and Whites

By Laura W. Perna. 2000

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The Benefits of Higher Education: Sex, Racial/Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Group Differences (2005, background): “…Manski (1996)—the findings from this research support the conclusion by others (e.g., Ellwood & Kane, 2000; Paulsen, 2001; Paulsen & St. John, 2002; Perna, 2000; St. John & Asker, 2001) that rational human capital investment models do not adequately explain racial/ethnic or SES differences in…”
Can High Schools Reduce College Enrollment Gaps With a New Counseling Model? (2013, background): “…college knowledge, and parental involvement in the enrollment process are social resources that influence students’ college choices, and these resources are more accessible to middle-class families (González, Stoner, & Jovel, 2003; Pérez & McDonough, 2008; Perna, 2000; Plank & Jordan, 2001).”
Investigating the Impact of Financial Aid on Student Dropout Risks: Racial and Ethnic Differences (2010, background): “Despite the increase in the absolute number of degree recipients among minority students, policy researchers (Cook & Cordova, 2006; Nettles & Perna, 1997; Perna, 2000 & 2005) have pointed out that minority students continue to lag behind their White peers in completing a bachelor’s degree.”
Race and Stratification in College Enrollment Over Time (2018, background): “Despite recent absolute increases in the percentage of Black and Hispanic students enrolling in college (Perna, 2000), a greater share of White students than Black and Hispanic students attend college (see, e.g., Berkner & Chavez, 1997; Kane, 1994, 2004; Perna, 2000).”
Colorblind Mentoring? Exploring White Faculty Mentoring of Students of Color. (2015, result): “While the faculty in this study may have been reporting their own experiences, previous research over the past few decades tells a different story where many Students of Color consistently report higher aspirations and commitment than do White students (Carter, 1999; Perna, 2000).”
Making College Happen: The College Experiences of First-Generation Latino Students (2004, methodology): “A study conducted by Perna (2000) compares the college enrollment decisions of African Americans, Hispanics, and Whites using an econometric model of college enrollment that includes measures of social and cultural capital.3 This study found that Hispanics are as likely as Whites to enroll in a…”
Pre-College Outreach and Early Intervention (2001, neutral): “19Swail & Perna, 2000.”
Predictors of Delayed College Enrollment and the Impact of Socioeconomic Status (2007, methodology): “…of a model that includes concepts from economic human capital theory and cultural capital and social capital theories (Cabrera & La Nasa, 2001; Perna, 2000; Perna & Titus, 2005; Plank & Jordan, 2001), this study shows the benefits of a conceptual model that draws on these theories for…”
The College Application Gauntlet: A Systematic Analysis of the Steps to Four-Year College Enrollment (2011, background): “Many researchers have noted that the chances of a student enrolling in college increase with the student’s family’s income, even when using test scores to control for ability (Akerhielm et al. 1998; Berkner and Chavez 1997; Ellwood and Kane 2000; Perna 2000; Plank and Jordan 2001).”
Making It Through the First Year of College: The Role of Students' Economic Resources, Employment, and Living Arrangements (2007, methodology): “I used these particular control variables because a large body of research has documented their relationships with both employment and educational attainment (see, e.g., Alexander, Pallas, and Holupka 1987; Dougherty 1994; Perna 2000; Schoenhals et al. 1998; Tinto 1993).”
What Higher Education Has to Say about the Transition to College (2007, background): “…have begun to con- ceptualize and attribute differences in academic, social, and financial preparation to differences in cultural and social capital (drawing on the work of sociological theorists James Coleman and Pierre Bourdieu) (Braxton, 2000; McDonough, 1997; Perna, 2000; Walpole, 2003).”
On the Path to College: Three Critical Tasks Facing America's Disadvantaged (2001, background): “33 Perna (2000) has shown that parental involvement in school activities, as early as junior high, predicts whether or not the student would enroll in a four-year college or university after high school graduation.”
Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (2011, background): “These effects may be even stronger for underrepresented racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups in higher education (Freeman, 2005; O’Connor, Hammack, & Scott, 2010; Perna, 2000; Walpole, 2007).”
Complicating Conditions: Obstacles and Interruptions to Low-Income Students' College “Choices” (2015, background): “For example, the extant research overwhelmingly focuses on the “choice” to attend four-year colleges and universities, and assumes that the process leading to community college matriculation is distinctly different (e.g. Engberg & Wolniak, 2009; Nuñez & Kim, 2012; Perna, 2000).”