The Role of Parental Involvement in Postsecondary Enrollment Among 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 examines therelationship between parental involvement and postsecondary enrollment among Asian Americans and Whites. Additionally, the moderation effect of race on this relationship is tested. Meanwhile, the mediation effect of high school GPA is studied, with the assumption that parental involvement can indirectly relate to postsecondary enrollment through GPA. The dataset,Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002), was analyzed. Binomial logistic regressions with and without school fixed effect were conducted.The findings indicate higher level of parental involvement is both directly and indirectly associated with higher tendency in postsecondary enrollment. Without the school fixed effect, no moderation effect of race is found, while with the school fixed effect, the moderation effect of race emerges.

Authors

• Keqiao Liu, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Yin Wu, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Yichen Zhao, University at Buffalo - SUNY