Information Equity in Education: Understanding the Socioeconomic Differences in Resource Usage for College Information

• In Event: 35.082 - Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: 35.082-8 - Part 1: Library Information Science and Underserved Populations; Part 2: Collaboration

Abstract

This study uses Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) data to show how different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups use resources to search information about college. Consistent with previous studies, we found that resource usage for college information is stratified by income across racial/ethnic groups. These findings provide a better understanding of high school students’ college information gathering behaviors.

Author

• Enyu Zhou, University of Missouri-Columbia