This study examines the association between college-bound friends and college enrollment using restricted transcript data from the High School Longitudinal Study. Propensity score matching and school fixed effects models suggest that having close college-bound friends is positively associated with enrolling in college. However, Black and Latino male students are much less likely to benefit from having college-bound friends than others, suggesting that structural and cultural factors that are tied to race, ethnicity, and gender may limit the beneficial potential of friends, especially for these male Black and Latino students. Implications for addressing racial and ethnic disparities in college enrollment and for the role of friends in college enrollment decisions are discussed.

这项研究使用来自“高中纵向研究”的限制性成绩单数据，检查了大学友人与大学入学率之间的关联。倾向得分匹配和学校固定效应模型表明，拥有与大学紧密联系的朋友与大学入学成正相关。但是，黑人和拉丁裔男学生比有大学友的朋友受益的可能性要小得多，这表明与种族，种族和性别相关的结构和文化因素可能会限制朋友的受益潜力，尤其是对于这些男生黑人和拉丁裔学生。讨论了解决大学入学中种族和族裔差异以及朋友在大学入学决策中的作用。