The Influence of Siblings on First-Generation Students’ College Choice and Enrollment

• In Event: Roundtable Session 7
  In Roundtable Session: First-Generation College Students: Perspectives and Processes

Abstract

Guided by research on social capital theory, this study explores the influence of first-generation college students on their siblings’ college choice and enrollment. Utilizing data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002), this study examines the effect of siblings and other social capital agents on first-generation college student’s enrollment in postsecondary education.

Author

• Nydia C. Sanchez, University of North Texas