Journal article
School-level competition for US high school extracurricular resources
Research papers in education, Vol.40(4), pp.543-564
07/04/2025
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2024.2420264
Abstract
In the United States, families know that extracurricular activities serve as a qualitative distinction in postsecondary admissions and merit-based aid awards, leading to competition in their participation and leadership positions. Despite the extensive literature supporting extracurricular activities, there is an incomplete picture of how school characteristics influence high school students’ participation and holding of leadership positions within extracurricular activities. Using the US Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, our study explores how the school characteristics of socioeconomic status, test scores, class size, school urbanicity, and school control shape twelfth-grade participation and holding leadership positions in ten school-sponsored extracurricular areas. From our results, we offer recommendations on how schools can create equitable participation levels and discuss the ever-expanding role of extracurricular activities in defining merit.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- School-level competition for US high school extracurricular resources
- Creators
- Mitchell D. Lingo - University of IowaBrian P. An - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research papers in education, Vol.40(4), pp.543-564
- DOI
- 10.1080/02671522.2024.2420264
- ISSN
- 0267-1522
- eISSN
- 1470-1146
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 10/26/2024
- Date published
- 07/04/2025
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984740858602771
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