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Understanding Latina and Latino College Choice

A Social Capital and Chain Migration Analysis

Patricia A. Pérez

California State University, Fullerton

Patricia M. McDonough

University of California, Los Angeles

Through interviews and focus groups with 106 high school juniors and seniors, this research examined the college choice process for Latina and Latino students in the greater Los Angeles basin. Using chain migration theory within a social capital framework, the results indicated that as primarily first-generation college students, the students in this sample relied heavily on siblings, peers, relatives, and high school contacts for purposes of postsecondary planning and for creating a college consideration and application set.

Key Words: college choice • higher education • Latina education • Latino education • qualitative • social capital • chain migration

This version was published on July 1, 2008

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Vol. 7, No. 3, 249-265 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1538192708317620
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