| Title: | Mapping the Road to College: First-Generation Students’ Math Track, Planning Strategies, and Context of Support |
| Description: | This publication compares first-generation students (i.e., those whose parents have no more than a high school education) with their peers whose parents attended college. It focuses on mathematics course taking—the effectiveness of taking algebra in 8th grade and advanced math courses in high school in getting to college—and planning strategies students used to prepare for college. The report also examines the involvement of students’ parents, teachers, and other “institutional agents” capable of helping them prepare for college. |
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| Cover Date: | March 2000 |
| Web Release: | January 19, 2000 |
| Print Release: | December 23, 2003 |
| Publication #: | NCES 2000153 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Laura Horn and Anne-Marie Nuñez |
| Type of Product: | Statistical Analysis Report |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
High School Transcript Studies (HST) National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Reports (PEDAR) |
| Keywords: |
Beginning Students in Postsecondary Education
Coursetaking/Transcripts Disadvantaged Students (Educationally) Higher Education Parental Involvement in Education |
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