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COLLEGE ASPIRATIONS TO COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: A STUDY OF INTENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICES DESIGNED TO INCREASE POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT

Riepenhoff, Mary E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1461878024

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2016, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), University of Findlay, Education.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the intentional practices which promoted or increased post-secondary enrollment of Ohio high schools who predominantly serve underrepresented students. Many studies have examined the disconnect existing between the college aspirations and actual college enrollment of low socioeconomic, first-generation college and minority students. This study examined the support during the college enrollment process provided by high schools serving a majority of poverty students, first-generation college and/or minority students to determine what practices were instrumental in promoting actual college enrollment. It also examined the role of school personnel in supporting the enrollment process, especially for underrepresented students. While there was no silver bullet discovered during this study, no one single program, practice, or person who made college enrollment a reality for underrepresented students, there were many programs, practices and personnel found to be instrumental in promoting post-secondary opportunities for students of low socio-economic status, first-generation college, and/or minority students in the Ohio high schools participating in the study. Overwhelmingly, the high schools delivered whatever was necessary to support individual students throughout their high school career. Their differentiated approach with underrepresented students translated to a better than average college enrollment in Ohio. The practices identified and described in this study could serve to support other high schools’ efforts to promote and increase the post-secondary opportunities of underrepresented students. With the current emphasis on increasing post-secondary enrollment, this study illuminated the need for intentional practices in high schools that reach deeper into the student population who need further support in navigating the path from college aspirations to completed applications.
Rahman Dyer, PhD (Committee Chair)
Joanne Kerekes, PhD (Committee Member)
Michael Scoles, EdD (Committee Member)
Education; Teacher Education; Teacher educati; Teaching
college readiness; low socioeconomic students; first-generation college students; college aspirations; college enrollment; steps to college enrollment; FAFSA; college-going culture; college knowledge; college enrollment process

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  • Riepenhoff, M. E. (2016). COLLEGE ASPIRATIONS TO COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: A STUDY OF INTENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICES DESIGNED TO INCREASE POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT [Doctoral dissertation, University of Findlay]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1461878024

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Riepenhoff, Mary. COLLEGE ASPIRATIONS TO COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: A STUDY OF INTENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICES DESIGNED TO INCREASE POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT. 2016. University of Findlay, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1461878024.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Riepenhoff, Mary. "COLLEGE ASPIRATIONS TO COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: A STUDY OF INTENTIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICES DESIGNED TO INCREASE POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT." Doctoral dissertation, University of Findlay, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1461878024

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