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Publication Date: 2008
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Latino Language-Minority College Going: Adolescent Boys' Language Use and Girls' Social Integration
Callahan, Rebecca M.
Bilingual Research Journal, v31 n1-2 p175-200 2008
This study explores the postsecondary pathways of Latino language-minority young adults in the United States. Using data from the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project (THEOP) and controlling on background characteristics as well as high-school academic achievement, this study explores the social and linguistic integration of immigrant and native-born Latino linguistic-minority adolescents. Results suggest that home-language use positively predicts postsecondary involvement for Latino language-minority males. Alternately, social integration, either via extracurricular involvement or religious participation, predicts Latina girls' postsecondary participation, with variation in the patterns depending on girls' immigrant generational status. (Contains 3 endnotes, 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Social Integration, Females, Males, Academic Achievement, Immigrants, College Bound Students, College Attendance, Postsecondary Education, Minority Groups, Hispanic American Students, Social Influences, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences, Student Characteristics, College Preparation, Generational Differences, Institutional Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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