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Direct linkHuerta, Adrian H.; McDonough, Patricia M.; Venegas, Kristan M.; Allen, Walter R. – Urban Education, 2023
Research shows that gang-associated youth are less likely to complete high school and earn a postsecondary educational credential. However, scholars have not determined "why" gang youth do not persist into higher education. This ethnographic study aims to focus on the narratives of 13 Latino high school young men to understand what…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Juvenile Gangs, At Risk Persons, Academic Persistence
Huerta, Adrian H.; McDonough, Patricia M.; Allen, Walter R. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2018
This article examines college-going identity construction for Black, Latino, and Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students. The authors use Marcia's (J Personal Soc Psychol 3(5):551-558, 1966; in: Delson (ed) Handbook of adolescent research, Wiley, New York, 1980) ego identity statuses perspective to examine how students develop…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Males, College Bound Students, African American Students
Griffin, Kimberly A.; Jayakumar, Uma M.; Jones, Malana M.; Allen, Walter R. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2010
Despite the educational challenges African American males face, there is a sizeable population successfully finishing high school and entering college. This study provides an overview of how a national sample of black male freshmen embodied the cognitive, social, and institutional factors related to college access between 1971 and 2004. Data…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Freshmen, Males, Socioeconomic Status
Peer reviewedAllen, Walter R. – Harvard Educational Review, 1992
Data from survey of 872 African-American students at predominantly white colleges and 928 at historically black colleges suggest that academic achievement is highest for students who have higher educational aspirations, positive faculty relationships, confidence in their college choice. Beyond individual characteristics, academic performance is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students
Download full textAllen, Walter R. – 1976
The effects of family background factors on the mobility aspirations of 70 black and white Chicago, Illinois male adolescents were investigated. Data on family socioeconomic status, family structure, parent aspirations for the son and parent-child relationships were obtained by interviewing the father, mother, and son in each family. Results…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Blacks, Child Rearing
Allen, Walter R.; And Others – 1984
This report discusses the results of a survey of the characteristics and the social and academic experiences of black undergraduates at eight predominantly white and regionally diverse State college campuses. The majority of the students sampled were freshmen. Major findings are that: (1) black undergraduates did not report markedly unpleasant or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Attitudes, Black Students
Allen, Walter R. – 1981
Adjustments, achievements, and aspirations of black undergraduates attending the University of Michigan were studied with a focus on characteristics correlating highly with black student continuance and successful matriculation. Questionnaire responses from 229 black undergraduates at the Ann Arbor campus provided information on: family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Black Students
