The Postsecondary Future Selves of Black and Latinx Boys: A Case for Cultivating More Expansive Supports in College-Going Schools
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2024-04
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American Educational Research Journal
Abstract
Black and Latinx adolescent boys from economically stratified communities face pervasive societal inequities and, therefore, deserve more responsive school supports to determine and actualize postsecondary pathways. For insights into how such students conceptualize their futures and their school’s role in facilitating this process, this ethnographic study investigated one urban school’s college-going culture and its impact on shaping what the author calls participants’ postsecondary future selves. This theoretical approach encompasses three domains: college (i.e., postsecondary education), career (i.e., post-college employment trajectory), and condition (i.e., expected financial stability, relational and familial prospects, future living arrangements, happiness, and joy). Implications suggest that college-going school practitioners widen supports so students can imagine and envision how college ambitions align with career and condition goals.
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This is the Accepted Manuscript version of Carey, R. L. (2024). The Postsecondary Future Selves of Black and Latinx Boys: A Case for Cultivating More Expansive Supports in College-Going Schools. American Educational Research Journal, 61(2), 248-286. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312231214477. This article was originally published in American Educational Research Journal Volume 61, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 248-286. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312231214477. Copyright © 2023 AERA, Article Reuse Guidelines available at: https://sagepub.com/journals-permissions.
This research was featured in UDaily on 03/26/2024, available at: https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/march/black-latinx-boys-postsecondary-futures/
Keywords
Black males, college access, future orientation, Latino males, urban education
Citation
Carey, R. L. (2024). The Postsecondary Future Selves of Black and Latinx Boys: A Case for Cultivating More Expansive Supports in College-Going Schools. American Educational Research Journal, 61(2), 248-286. https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312231214477