Planning for Postsecondary Education

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Planning for Postsecondary Education

• Don Hossler
• Professor of Educational Leadership Policy
  Studies
• Vice-Chancellor for Enrollment Services
• Indiana University Bloomington

2
Outline

• Chronological View
• Role of Parents, Family, Peers, Others
• Trigger Events
• Role of SES
• Limitations of Study

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Development of Aspirations

• By 8th or 9th grade, or earlier
• Parental support encouragement
• Success in school
• Peers, extended family
• Internal information sources

4
Parents - Gatekeepers

• Education more important than income
• Interested in
• Cost
• Financial aid
• Admissions standards
• Students not interested in financial issues

5
Tenth and Eleventh Grade

• By tenth grade a reasonably stable list of
  schools
• Educational aspirations of all students increase
• Not until 11th grade to students become concerned
  about costs aid
• SAT as trigger event
• List of schools becomes more permeable

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Longer Term Impact of Costs and Financial Aid on
Juniors and Seniors

• Student sensitivity to costs are associated with
• Parent concerns about costs
• Fathers level of education
• Gender
• Academic success/opportunity
• Information about postsecondary education
  opportunities and financial aid

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End of Story Money Matters

• Though family income did not have an impact on
  aspirations it did on the actualization of plans
• In the plans of seniors show clear signs of being
  influenced by costs