Assessing the oppositional culture explanation for Mexican students |
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| Institution: | 1. Senior Researcher of the Department of Prehistory Society Archaeology of the Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus;2. Junior Researcher of the Laboratory of the Experimental Traceology of Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia;3. Researcher of the Department of conservation and use of the archaeological heritage of the Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus;1. Department of Sociology, 211 Oswald Tower, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA;2. Department of Health Policy and Administration, 604 Ford Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA |
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| Abstract: | Using nationally representative data from the High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS), I assess the oppositional culture explanation for Mexican students. First, I examine if there are differences between Mexican and White students in their academic behaviors, attitudes, and friends' academic orientation. Second, I examine if these measures account for the racial disparity in academic outcomes between Mexican and White students. The results show that there are few differences between Mexican and White students in measures of school-related behaviors, attitudes, and friends' academic orientation. The second part of the analysis suggests that, in general, these measures for behaviors, attitudes, and friends’ academic orientation do not explain much of the differences in academic achievement between Mexican and White students. The findings from the study indicate that the oppositional culture explanation does not account for this disparity in achievement. |
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| Keywords: | Education Race/ethnicity Mexican students Oppositional culture |
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