A Dream Deferred: Post-Traditional College Trajectories and the Evolving Logic of College Plans

Spencer, George; Novais, Janine de; Chen-Bendle, Emily C.; Ndika, Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/00221546.2023.2216611

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“…Low graduation rates for military-connected students have multiple causes, including lack of support, lower engagement, increased diversity, interruptions due to deployments or station changes, and family obligations (Johnson & Appel, 2020). While researchers have identified graduation barrier, completion factors remain elusive (Spencer et al, 2023), and studies using existing data are needed. A gap in practice included a need to analyze and report the data available about this misunderstood population to enable educators, policymakers, and administrators to understand how to support military-funded students.…”

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Predicting military-connected students' academic success at community college

E. Neimic

2023

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Federal GI Bills and funding have allowed military service members to attend institutions of higher learning since 1944. However, military-connected students tend to have lower graduation rates than other similarly situated nontraditional students despite this support. This study used secondary data from an associate-degree granting community college in New England that tracked degree completion rates for military-connected students to examine whether factors such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, or funding source could predict student success. No significant predictors were found. Future research ideas, such as quantitative studies using data from other colleges or universities or adding additional factors, were recommended. A policy paper was an outcome of the study.

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Predicting military-connected students' academic success at community college

E. Neimic

2023

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“…As ''college-for-all'' increasingly shapes educational landscapes, a college degree has shifted from being a means to an occupation for the socially advantaged (Goyette, 2008) to more of a steppingstone on the young-adult life course for growing numbers of socioeconomically, racially, and ethnically diverse youth (Johnson et al, 2011;Spencer et al, 2023). Yet both foundational work on adolescent ambitions (Schneider & Stevenson, 1999) and more recent studies with adults (Silva & Snellman, 2018) have shown that ''college-for-all'' discourses can leave adolescents unmoored for linking present decisions to life prospects beyond college.…”

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The Postsecondary Future Selves of Black and Latinx Boys: A Case for Cultivating More Expansive Supports in College-Going Schools

Carey

2023

American Educational Research Journal

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Black and Latinx adolescent boys from economically stratified communities face pervasive societal inequities and, therefore, deserve more responsive school supports to determine and actualize postsecondary pathways. For insights into how such students conceptualize their futures and their school’s role in facilitating this process, this ethnographic study investigated one urban school’s college-going culture and its impact on shaping what the author calls participants’ postsecondary future selves. This theoretical approach encompasses three domains: college (i.e., postsecondary education), career (i.e., post-college employment trajectory), and condition (i.e., expected financial stability, relational and familial prospects, future living arrangements, happiness, and joy). Implications suggest that college-going school practitioners widen supports so students can imagine and envision how college ambitions align with career and condition goals.

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A Dream Deferred: Post-Traditional College Trajectories and the Evolving Logic of College Plans

Cited by 2 publications

References 53 publications

Predicting military-connected students' academic success at community college

Predicting military-connected students' academic success at community college

The Postsecondary Future Selves of Black and Latinx Boys: A Case for Cultivating More Expansive Supports in College-Going Schools

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