AERA Annual Meeting: What Types of Social Resources Matter? The Role of Social Networks in College-Going Aspirations, Decisions, and SAT Score (Poster 24)

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What Types of Social Resources Matter? The Role of Social Networks in College-Going Aspirations, Decisions, and SAT Score (Poster 24)

In Event: AERA Poster Session 10
In Poster Session: Social Capital and Social Networks in Education (San Diego)

Sun, April 24, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT (2:30 to 4:00pm PDT), San Diego Convention Center, Floor: Upper Level, Sails Pavillion

Abstract

This study leverages school-wise social network data, including friendship nomination, extra-curricular participation, and homework help-seeking network to understand students’ college-going aspirations, plans, and SAT achievement. This study considers three interconnected social influences, including best friends, friends in extra-curricular activities, and homework help-seeking friends. Participants included 518 (urban=336, rural=182) 10th to 12th-grade students in the College Ambition Program (CAP). Social influence model with latent space control was employed to assess the effect of multiple networks. Initial results suggest that urban students are more responsive to friends' college aspirations and college plans, especially friends who participated in the same sports and extra-curricular activities. Friends’ GPA, college-related conversations matter more to rural students’ SAT score and college-going aspirations.

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I-Chien Chen, Michigan State University