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Patricia M. McDonough
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies 3042 Moore Hall Phone: (310) 206-2120 Email: Webpages: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/members/mcdonough Research: My research focuses on students' college choice decision making, high school counseling, the impact of college rankings of students' college choices, access for African-American and Latino students, rural college access, as well as parents' and students' sociocultural understandings of college affordability. Selected Publications: McDonough, P.M. and S. Calderone. (2006). The Meaning of Money: Perceptual Differences Between College Counselors and Low-Income Families About College Costs and Financial Aid. American Behavioral Scientist 49(12): 1703-1718. Walpole, M., McDonough, P., Bauer, C., Gibson, C., Kanyi, K., and R. Toliver. (2005.) "This Test Is Unfair: African American and Latino High School Students' Perceptions of College Admissions Tests." Urban Education 40(3). McDonough, P.M. (1997.) Choosing Colleges: How Social Class and Schools Structure Opportunity. State University of New York Press. Selected Courses: |
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