{"pk":5897,"title":"Taking Steps: Exploring College Predispositions in College Track, Oakland Youth","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the factors that influenced rising 9th grade students from different middle schools in Oakland, CA, to apply to the College Track program. Using Urie Bronfenbrenner’s theory of Human Ecology, the author explains that students were influenced to apply to the program by peers, parents and school staff (i.e. teachers, counselors and principals) in their immediate environments.","language":"en","license":{"name":"All rights reserved","short_name":"Copyright","text":"© the author(s). All rights reserved.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/authors"},"keywords":[{"word":"After-school Program"},{"word":"Human Ecology Theory"},{"word":"Minority Youth"},{"word":"Oakland"},{"word":"inner-city"},{"word":"Participation"},{"word":"sociology"},{"word":"education"},{"word":"Social Welfare"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5c35j1dh","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Katherine","middle_name":"","last_name":"Zepeda Arreola","name_suffix":"","institution":"UC Berkeley","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2013-01-21T18:03:13-05:00","date_accepted":"2013-01-21T18:03:13-05:00","date_published":"2013-02-10T14:54:20-05:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/our_buj/article/5897/galley/3622/download/"}]}