How Parental Involvement Associates With Students' Postsecondary Education Enrollment Between Asian Americans and Whites

• In Event: Roundtable Session 51
  In Roundtable Session: Issues in Postsecondary Education: What We Can Learn From National Databases

Abstract

This study intends to explore the association of parental involvement with post-secondary enrollment, and to compare this relationship between Asian Americans and Whites in the United States. Stepwise multinomial logistic regression analysis was utilized to examine ELS: 2002 to address the research questions. The findings suggest that components of parental involvement show both similar and different associations with the PSE enrollment between the two racial groups. More parental school activity attendance relates to higher likelihood of attending all types of college for White students, and higher likelihood of attending 4-year public college for Asian Americans. In addition, the association between parental academic advice and 4-year private college enrollment is positive, nevertheless, that of family academic rules is negative for Whites.

Authors

• Yin Wu, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Keqiao Liu, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Yichen Zhao, University at Buffalo - SUNY