Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Systems of Support and a College-Going Culture

• In Event: 68.044 - Family Engagement During Transitions to Secondary and Postsecondary Educational Settings

Abstract

This study explicates the importance of family, peer, and school based systems of support as it relates to heightening students institutional choice aspirations. The authors explore the relationship between a student’s level of feeling supported, their collegiate aspirations, and the institutions to which they apply.

Authors

• Robert Cooper, University of California - Los Angeles

• Christopher A. McCroy, Morehouse College