Postsecondary Transitions Among Marginalized Student Populations Across Four Gateway Cities: Implications for Policy and Action

• In Event: 41.084 - Roundtable Session 16
  In Roundtable Session: 41.084-10 - Opportunity and Challenge for Students of Color and Indigenous Students in Higher Education

Abstract

This study of unequal educational opportunity adopts an intersectionality and lifecourse perspective, using comparable longitudinal data, to examine the influence of demographic and structural factors on post-secondary access and persistence within and across Chicago, New York City, Toronto, Canada and London, England. Each is a Gateway City, a large urban area with significant immigrant populations. Data from each city include socio-economic, demographic and attitudinal variables, and linked administrative records. In addition to patterns of access and persistence, the study examines aspirations and relevant policy measures (eg. tracking, targeted funding, admissions preferences, “college culture”). A review of local context and strategies support analysis of how identities, context and policy interact.

Authors

• Karen Robson, McMaster University

• Paul Anisef, York University

• Kelly A. Gallagher-Mackay, Wilfrid Laurier University

• Jenny K. Nagaoka, University of Chicago

• James J. Kemple, New York University

• Sean Demack, Sheffield Hallam University

• Robert S. Brown, Toronto District School Board