Reasons of Pursuit
What factors into a student’s decision to pursue higher education? College is a privilege inaccessible to many, yet for others it is a predetermined path in which they are expected to walk; granted, different assets and motivations lead to various passages and opportunities. For instance, an immigrant youth from an up-scaled urban neighborhood is more likely to attend college than a person of lower income from a coal-mining town. This is due to the differences in their wealth and domestic environments. Family, money, and background can create advantages and disadvantage for the individual in one’s pursuit of higher education. In conclusion, socio-demographic, socioeconomic, and family backgrounds can pose a large role in …show more content…
A study led by Bui Khanh shows the effect that a parent 's educational level has on the likelihood of their child choosing to attend college. “Among students whose parents had no college (first-generation students), only 37.3% had attended a 4-year college within eight years after high school, whereas the figure was 56.3% for students whose parents had some college education and 88.4% for students whose parents had a B.A. or higher” (Khanh and Rush 481). The educational experience of a student’s parent is one of the main factors in determining whether or not the student will attend college and could predict how successful they will be once they enroll. A possible theory as to why many students attend college has to do with parental involvement, and those students with high parental involvement in school are more likely to attend college. A first generation student is usually an exception to the rule for a few different reasons. Since the parents of a first generation college student have no college education themselves they are less likely to take a serious interest in the schooling of their child, therefore decreasing the odds of the child deciding to attend college. As stated in Bui Khanh’s article Parental Involvement In Middle School Predicting College Attendance For First-Generation Students, the educational expectation set by previous generations has a huge impact on whether or not a student attends college and shows the interesting possibilities as to why a first generation college student decided to take a different path from their parents “Among the parental involvement dimensions, educational expectations had the highest correlations with attending a 4-year college. In contrast, home supervision and contacts with school had the lowest correlations with attending a 4-year
What factors into a student’s decision to pursue higher education? College is a privilege inaccessible to many, yet for others it is a predetermined path in which they are expected to walk; granted, different assets and motivations lead to various passages and opportunities. For instance, an immigrant youth from an up-scaled urban neighborhood is more likely to attend college than a person of lower income from a coal-mining town. This is due to the differences in their wealth and domestic environments. Family, money, and background can create advantages and disadvantage for the individual in one’s pursuit of higher education. In conclusion, socio-demographic, socioeconomic, and family backgrounds can pose a large role in …show more content…
A study led by Bui Khanh shows the effect that a parent 's educational level has on the likelihood of their child choosing to attend college. “Among students whose parents had no college (first-generation students), only 37.3% had attended a 4-year college within eight years after high school, whereas the figure was 56.3% for students whose parents had some college education and 88.4% for students whose parents had a B.A. or higher” (Khanh and Rush 481). The educational experience of a student’s parent is one of the main factors in determining whether or not the student will attend college and could predict how successful they will be once they enroll. A possible theory as to why many students attend college has to do with parental involvement, and those students with high parental involvement in school are more likely to attend college. A first generation student is usually an exception to the rule for a few different reasons. Since the parents of a first generation college student have no college education themselves they are less likely to take a serious interest in the schooling of their child, therefore decreasing the odds of the child deciding to attend college. As stated in Bui Khanh’s article Parental Involvement In Middle School Predicting College Attendance For First-Generation Students, the educational expectation set by previous generations has a huge impact on whether or not a student attends college and shows the interesting possibilities as to why a first generation college student decided to take a different path from their parents “Among the parental involvement dimensions, educational expectations had the highest correlations with attending a 4-year college. In contrast, home supervision and contacts with school had the lowest correlations with attending a 4-year