Session: Academic Achievement: Contextual Influences (Research that Promotes Sustainability and (re)Builds Strengths (January 15 - 18, 2009))
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7 Academic Achievement: Contextual Influences

Moderator:


Christopher Spera, PhD, Vice President
Schedule:
Friday, January 16, 2009: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Balcony K (New Orleans Marriott)
* noted as presenting author
Parental Income, Assets, and Borrowing Constraints and Children's Post-Secondary Education
Jin Huang, MSW, Doctoral Student; Baorong Guo, PhD, Assistant Professor; Youngmi Kim, MSW, Doctoral Student; Michael Sherraden, PhD, Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and Director of the Center for Social Development
Contextual Influences on Parental Educational Aspirations for Their Children
Holly Matto, PhD, Associate Professor; Kathryn Wentzel, PhD, Professor; Christopher Spera, PhD, Vice President
Long-term effects of Head Start participation on educational attainment
Eunsu Ju, MA, Ph.D. Candidate / Research Specialist