Connecting School and Home: Examining Parental and School Involvement in Readiness for College Through Structural Equation Modeling

• In Event: 66.024 - Context and Relationships Matter for Students' College Matriculation

Abstract

Parental involvement is widely acknowledged as a critical factor influencing the college choice process. While qualitative studies and conceptual frameworks have advanced our perspective, quantitative studies have not matched this progress. The purpose of this quantitative study is to mitigate this knowledge gap.

Authors

• Alberto F. Cabrera, University of Maryland

• Chrystal George Mwangi, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

• Elizabeth Kurban