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Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 15, No. 1, 119-138 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1069072706294537

Perceived Barriers and Postsecondary Plans in Mexican American and White Adolescents

Ellen Hawley McWhirter

University of Oregon, ellenmcw{at}uoregon.edu

Danielle M. Torres

Lewis & Clark College

Susana Salgado

University of Oregon

Marina Valdez

University of Oregon

The authors examined perceived internal and external barriers to postsecondary educational plans among 140 Mexican American and 296 White high school students, attending to sex, socioeconomic, ethnic differences. Parent education was associated with educational plans. Girls anticipated encountering more barriers associated with financing postsecondary education than their male counterparts. Mexican American students anticipated encountering more postsecondary education barriers associated with ability, preparation, motivation, support, and separation, and expected those barriers to be more difficult to overcome, than their White counterparts. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Key Words: barriers • career • education • Latino • Mexican American • plans • postsecondary


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