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ERIC Number: EJ114983
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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School Context and Peer Influences on Educational Plans for Adolescents
Bain, Robert K.; Anderson, James G.
Review of Educational Research, 44, 4, 429-45, F 74
This review of recent studies indicates that the relationship between school social class composition and the college plans of students appears to involve a positive effect of the former upon the DESIRE to attend college, which is transmitted through personal friends in school, and a negative effect upon self-perceived ABILITY to attend college. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Secondary Education, Social Characteristics, Social Class, Social Influences
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