"Best Bets" to Promote Postsecondary School Attendance and Attainment: Schools That Are Racially and Ethnically Diverse

Numerous school contextual factors are related to students' schooling outcomes. For example, school racial composition is related to likelihood to attend college. Borus and Carpenter (1984) found that minority high school seniors attending schools in which 10-50% of the student body is minority are more likely to attend college than those in schools with 10% or fewer minorities. These students are moderately more likely to attend college than minority students attending schools with more than 50% minorities. White high school seniors attending schools with less than 10% minority students were marginally more likely to attend college than minority high school seniors attending schools with fewer than 10% minority students.


 
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