Adolescent Girls’ College Aspirations: Precollege Expectations and Goal Setting of Adolescent Women and Girls
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In the 2007 and 2010 Status of Girls in Wisconsin reports, published by the Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls, it was found that while girls aspire to go to college, there may be some threats to their ability to attain or complete those aspirations. This was true especially for those aspiring to nontraditional majors such as the sciences, engineering, or mathematics. This paper addresses the more general issue of adolescent girls’ aspirations and the individual and ecological influences on as well as barriers to those aspirations. The importance of developing relationships with teachers and school counselors and of supplemental programming for girls is addressed.
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