Adapting College-Going Cultures for a Digital World: A Case Study of Six California High Schools

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Abstract

This paper reports on the qualitative findings of a four-year, federally funded study of the impact of a digital college access intervention and school culture on college-going outcomes, such as college applications, FAFSA and CADA completion, and college enrollment. Specifically, the paper explores the college-going cultures of 6 of the 45 participating Title I schools across California. Using McClafferty, McDonough and Nunez’s (2002) nine principles of college-going culture, we explore the 6 sites to determine whether schools with well-developed college-going cultures are more likely to succeed in implementing a digital intervention. Additionally, we explore whether the McClafferty et al. (2002) framework is sufficient to evaluate the role technology plays in developing schools’ college-going cultures.

Authors

• Samantha Bernstein-Sierra, University of Southern California

• Zoe Corwin, University of Southern California

• Tattiya Maruco, University of Southern California

• Amanda Kay Ochsner, The University of Findlay