Successful African American Students: The Role of Parental Involvement

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African American father influences on the career development of emerging adults

“…Findings also revealed the parent-child relationship was a significant factor in the success of these children. Another study suggested SES also influenced the level of parent involvement (Trusty et al, 1997), which was similar to the results obtained by Yan (1999). Yan examined 6,459 African American and Caucasian students using data from a 1988 NELS study.…”

Parent Involvement, African American Mothers, and the Politics of Educational Care

“…African American parents are often aware of such deficit-based characterizations, and they strive to combat them when interacting with public educators (Cooper, 2007; G. . Downloaded by [University of Illinois Chicago] at 04:26 21 November 2014 COOPER There is a growing amount of scholarship that rejects deficit-based framing of African American parents and instead attempts to contextualize some of the hardships and structural constraints these parents face to explain their limited school-based involvement (Diamond & Gomez, 2004;Koonce & Harper, 2005;Lareau, 2003;Lewis & Forman, 2002;Smalley & Reyes-Blanes, 2001;Yan, 2000). Yet, as Lightfoot (2004) cautions, even equity-oriented scholars and educators can inadvertently fuel stereotypic notions of low-income parents of color by emphasizing what they lack instead of stressing what they contribute.…”

The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and the Persistence of First-Generation Hispanic Millennial College Students

“…The findings of this study support Coleman (1988) and Yan's (1999) conceptualization of parental involvement as a form of social capital that promotes college enrollment. Both the levels of parental involvement for an individual student and the volume of social capital that are available through social networks are related to the likelihood that a student will enroll in college.…”

“…In the past ten years, the literature focusing on the effect of parental involvement on the college student has increased. Several studies have identified parental involvement as a form of social capital that promotes college enrollment or educational attainment (McCarron and Inkelas, 2006;Perna and Titus, 2005;Sciarra and Whitson, 2007;Yan, 1999). The following section provides an overview of the findings.…”