Making Sense of College Readiness in a Low-Performing Urban High School: Perspectives of High-Achieving First Generation Youth

Autor/in	Duncheon, Julia C.
Titel	Making Sense of College Readiness in a Low-Performing Urban High School: Perspectives of High-Achieving First Generation Youth
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 56 (2021) 8, S.1360-1387 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085918756712
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; College Readiness; Postsecondary Education; College Preparation; Low Achievement; Urban Schools; High School Students; High Achievement; College Bound Students; First Generation College Students; Student Attitudes; At Risk Students; Magnet Schools; Poverty; Minority Group Students; College Admission; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Ability; Skill Development; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Armut; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	Policy efforts to enhance postsecondary access and completion often emphasize the construct of college readiness (CR). While most research has focused on defining and measuring CR, less has examined the perspectives of first generation students and the urban high school contexts in which many prepare for college. This study utilizes data from an ethnography of college preparation in a low-performing urban high school. Drawing on sensemaking theory, I explore how high-achieving college-bound seniors make sense of CR and what factors shape their sensemaking. Findings offer insight into how CR discourses manifest at the local level to shape opportunity for urban youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01