Coloring the College Pathway: A More Culturally Responsive Approach to College Readiness and Access for Students of Color in Secondary Schools

A Systematic Literature Review of College and Career Readiness Frameworks for Students With Disabilities

“…For example, programs should have courses that have high academic rigor as well as an attempt to engage students in understanding the social aspects of college (Karp and Hughes, 2008). The next study was a qualitative study that examined college readiness for students of color through the lens of intersectionality and social capital theory (Welton & Martinez, 2014). Findings highlighted the importance of cultural awareness in preparing students for success in college, as well as increasing access to earning college credits while in high school (Welton & Martinez, 2014).…”

Advancing a New Critical Framework for Transfer Student Research: Implications for Institutional Research

“…These forms of capital are often used in tandem to help explain why students do or do not transfer, and to what extent they are successful as transfer students at the 4‐year level. Widely used in educational research, social and cultural capital approaches have also been expanded by researchers who engage in critical theory and critical race theory (Welton & Martinez, ; Yosso, ).…”

Insiders/Outsiders? Market Signaling and Student Identity in College Choice

“…While a great deal of lip service has been paid to these topics, what is often the case is that offices are working on the margins of their message. For example, Welton and Martinez () note that more culturally responsive approaches are required in order to help students of color access higher education by integrating expanded notions of what is valuable on a college's campus. The difficulty, though, is that traditional notions of merit, so closely related to race and class, remain the primary sorting mechanism in SEM.…”