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Rural/Non-Rural Differences among Pennsylvania FAFSA Applicants Pursuing the Same Type of Postsecondary Degree
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Prins, Esther; Kassab, Cathy – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2017
To support rural postsecondary students' college access and completion, researchers, policy makers, and educators need a more comprehensive understanding of their demographic characteristics and financial needs, especially compared to nonrural students. Previous rural-nonrural analyses have not disaggregated students by degree type (bachelor's,…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Rural Schools, Student Financial Aid, College Students
Availability of and Access to Career Development Activities for Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities
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Carter, Erik W.; Trainor, Audrey A.; Cakiroglu, Orhan; Swedeen, Beth; Owens, Laura A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
Equipping youth with and without disabilities for the world of work has been the focus of ongoing legislative and policy initiatives. The authors examined the extent to which career development and vocational activities were available to and accessed by youth with severe disabilities or emotional and behavioral disorders attending 34 urban,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, School Counselors, Educational Opportunities, Career Development
Sex Education in Rural Schools in the United States: Impact of Rural Educators' Community Identities
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Blinn-Pike, Lynn – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2008
Purpose: The overall purpose of this exploratory research was to better understand rural educators' feelings about school-based sex education in order to foster better communication and collaboration between prevention researchers and rural teachers and administrators. In order to accomplish this purpose, the research question asked "How does…
Descriptors: Proximity, Rural Schools, Rural Urban Differences, Sex Education
Assessing Teacher Needs in Rural Schools.
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Reed, Daisy F.; Seyfarth, John T. – Rural Educator, 1984
A study in a remote, rural, mid-Atlantic school system assessed how teachers regarded the curriculum and their instructional needs; 226 personnel directly related to instructional services responded to the questionnaire, 42 were interviewed, and 72 were observed in classroom settings. Teachers generally rated themselves much more favorably than…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
The Bureaucratization of a County Schools Office: An Historical Field Study of the County Superintendent of Schools Office in Riverside County, California.
Hendrick, William Edward – 1984
The bureaucratic nature of school organizations is now commonly acknowledged. According to Carlson's description of four types of service organizations, school organizations are "domestic" rather than "wild" in that they do not have to compete with peer organizations for their own survival. To investigate the historical…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, County Programs
Rural School Science Teaching: What Affects Achievement.
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Sunal, Dennis W. – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
Reports a study to investigate the factors that affect science achievement in rural secondary schools. Data from multiple sources provided a profile of the science programs and teachers, and factor analysis identified groupings related to science achievement that included teacher variables, student and teacher attendance, and teacher in-service…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutional Characteristics