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Download full textMeehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Wilson, Robert A.; Wilson, Nancy M. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
The purpose of this study was to listen to rural students' voices about their present schoolwork and educational plans for the future and discern, via factor analyzing their survey responses, what they view as the most important factors in their academic performance and post-high school plans. The first objective was to access the 2001-2002,…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Rural Youth, Rural Education, Student Surveys
Howley, Caitlin; Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2001
GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federally funded program aimed at encouraging disadvantaged middle and high school students to have high expectations, stay in school, and take college preparatory courses. The West Virginia Department of Education received funding to conduct the program in eight rural…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 7
Finch, Nicole L.; Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2003
Project GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federally funded program focused on encouraging disadvantaged youth to have high expectations, stay in school, and take academically rigorous courses to prepare them for college. A 5-year GEAR UP grant in rural southern West Virginia funds academic and support…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Attitudes
Finch, Nicole L.; Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2003
Project GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federally funded program focused on encouraging disadvantaged youth to have high expectations, stay in school, and take academically rigorous courses to prepare them for college. A GEAR UP grant in rural north-central West Virginia funds academic and support…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Attitudes
Cowley, Kimberly S.; Meehan, Merrill L.; Wilson, Robert A.; Wilson, Nancy M. – 2003
A study examined rural students' academic aspirations and expectations, their perceptions of their parents' aspirations and expectations, and their parents' actual aspirations and expectations. Surveys were completed by 3,733 seventh grade-students in 54 schools in 17 West Virginia counties. Parent response rates were lower, with approximately two…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Expectation, Grade 7
Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2001
In 1999, the U.S. Department of Education funded 21 state and 164 college and middle school partnership grants for Project GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), which encourages disadvantaged youth to prepare for college. As part of its grant, Fairmont State College (West Virginia) surveyed parents and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Chadwick, Kristine L.; Whittaker, Denise – 2001
Parent and student surveys were conducted in nine primarily rural West Virginia counties to gather baseline information on incoming seventh-grade students' and parents' awareness of and aspirations for postsecondary education. The surveys are administered each year as part of Fairmont State College's GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Grade 7, Higher Education
Cowley, Kimberly S.; Finch, Nicole; Blake, Jennifer – 2002
In 1999, Fairmont State College (FSC) received a U.S. Department of Education grant to implement Project GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) in nine primarily-rural counties of West Virginia. GEAR UP encourages disadvantaged youth to have high expectations, stay in school, and take academically rigorous…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Disadvantaged Youth
