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Choosing community college: Factors affecting Latino college choice
Author(s) -
Kurlaender Michal
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.223
Subject(s) - community college , socioeconomic status , postsecondary education , white (mutation) , psychology , higher education , baccalaureate degree , african american , control (management) , sociology , medical education , political science , demography , management , medicine , ethnology , law , gene , economics , population , biochemistry , chemistry
This chapter explores the factors influencing Latino college choice and finds that even when we control for socioeconomic background, academic preparation, and degree intention, Latinos are more likely than white or African American students to begin postsecondary study at community colleges than at four‐year institutions.