Social and Economic Characteristics Related to the Immediate College Transition of Recent High School Graduates: A Study of Southwest Region TRIO Participants' College Continuation Page: 2
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Cowan, Charisse L., Social and Economic Characteristics Related to the Immediate
College Transition of Recent High School Graduates: A Study of Southwest Region
TRIO Participants' College Continuation. Doctor of Philosophy (Curriculum and
Instruction), December 2002, 158 pages, 5 tables, 2 figures, reference, 101 titles.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether: 1) Southwest Region TRIO
high school students between the years 1991 - 2001 continued to college immediately
after high school at rates significantly different than similar population students on
national and state levels; and 2) immediate college continuation for this group was a
function of social and economic characteristics including race, gender, parental education,
and home-care environment. The sample included 414 TRIO program participants from
Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Data on the 414 participants
were gathered using an existing database containing demographic and post-secondary
enrollment information on study participants. The findings of this study reveal Southwest
Region TRIO students during this ten-year period continued to college immediately after
high school at rates not significantly different than the national low-income population of
students. Results indicate that when compared to all students in the five-state southwest
region, the majority low-income, first-generation TRIO population continued to college
at rates not significantly different than all-income students in the region. Findings of this
study also revealed select social and economic characteristics were not predictors of
immediate college continuation for this group. Finally, the study showed out-of-home
care environment students continued to college at significantly higher rates than in-home
care Southwest Region TRIO students.
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Cowan, Charisse L. Social and Economic Characteristics Related to the Immediate College Transition of Recent High School Graduates: A Study of Southwest Region TRIO Participants' College Continuation, dissertation, December 2002; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3353/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .