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ERIC Number: EJ568179
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
Educational Aspirations of Minority Youth.
Kao, Grace; Tienda, Marta
American Journal of Education, v106 n3 p349-84 May 1998
Using the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, analyzes how educational aspirations are formed and maintained from 8th to 12th grades. Results suggest that family socioeconomic status contributes to ambitious aspirations in grade eight and to the maintenance of high aspirations for minorities and low-income students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, Socioeconomic Status, Student Educational Objectives, Urban Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Education Longitudinal Study 1988
Note: Research supported by a grant to the University of Chicago from the Spencer Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation's Network on Successful Adolescent Development in High-Risk Settings.