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Parent Involvement in the College Planning Process: A Case Study of P-20 Collaboration

University of North Texas, Denton,TX, USA, amy.fann{at}unt.edu

Karen McClafferty Jarsky

Patricia M. McDonough

University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Parents who have not had opportunities to attend college themselves have neither experience with the process of college preparation and college going nor sufficient access to needed information.This article describes a collaborative venture between a university department of education and a cluster of local schools designed to help parents of first-generation students become active participants in their children’s college preparation and planning, shedding light on the importance of parental involvement in the college-going process.

Key Words: Latino students • Latino parents • parental involvement • parent participation • P-20 collaboration • P-16 collaboration • postsecondary education • college access • Hispanic education

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Vol. 8, No. 4, 374-393 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1538192709347847


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