Despite strong academic qualifications, IB DP students often have limited access to the social capital needed to navigate college course selection and access faculty support¶
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q1 i? IB DP students often lack the social capital necessary to navigate college course selection and access the support of college faculty, despite strong academic qualifications. → International Baccalaureate Diploma Program students in Chicago's neighborhood high schools more likely to go to college 2007
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International Baccalaureate Diploma Program students in Chicago's neighborhood high schools more likely to go to college 2007¶
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program students in Chicago's neighborhood high schools more likely to go to college, persist. (2007). University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research press release. http://www.ccsr.uchicago.edu
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A key finding of the report, drawing on the qualitative interview study of students' college experiences. It identifies a social-capital gap — navigating course selection and accessing faculty support — that academic preparation alone did not supply.
"Despite strong academic qualifications, IB DP students often have limited access to the social capital necessary to successfully navigate college course selection and access the support of college faculty."
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Related Claims¶
- IB DP students who attended four-year colleges were significantly more likely to persist in college for at least two years — related
- IB DP students report feeling prepared to succeed and excel in college coursework, crediting the IB DP with teaching the specific skills and behaviors college demands — related
- CPS neighborhood IB DP students were 40 percent more likely to attend a four-year college and 50 percent more likely to attend a more selective college than a matched comparison group — related
- Only 62 percent of ninth-grade IB DP entrants enrolled in the program in eleventh grade, and there were no effects of IB DP participation for the 38 percent who did not complete the program — related
- Students with strong qualifications took themselves out of four-year college planning, choosing early two-year enrollment as a low-risk solution when searches felt overwhelming and costly — related
- Undermatch occurs when students attend a college less selective than their high school academic achievement would allow — related
- AP and IB programs in neighborhood high schools serve students with higher-than-average but below selective-enrollment achievement — related
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Despite strong academic qualifications, IB DP students often have limited access to the social capital needed to navigate college course selection and access faculty support |
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Despite strong academic qualifications, IB DP students often have limited access to the social capital needed to navigate college course selection and access faculty support |
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