The Invisible 1%: A Comparison of Attaining Stepping Stones Toward College Between Military and Civilian Children

ABSTRACT

This study examined the differences between U.S. civilian and military children in their attainment of milestones toward college during a period of burgeoning military deployment (2002–2004). In spite of this intensive deployment, the process of attainment of milestones toward college among military children from Grade 10 to Grade 12 was remarkably similar to that of civilian children.

KEYWORDS:

• College choice process
• parental involvement
• pathways to college

Notes

1. All unweighted sample sizes reported in this article are rounded up or down to comply with NCES’s data security analysis.

2. Family Readiness Group https://www.myarmyonesource.com/familyprogramsandservices/FamilyPrograms/FamilyReadinessGroup-FRG/default.aspx.