Breaking New Ground: Diverse Routes to College in Rural America.

McGrath, Daniel J.; Swisher, Raymond R.; Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Conger, Rand D.

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ERIC Number: EJ628507

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Publication Date: 2001

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Breaking New Ground: Diverse Routes to College in Rural America.

McGrath, Daniel J.; Swisher, Raymond R.; Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Conger, Rand D.

Rural Sociology, v66 n2 p244-67 Jun 2001

Analysis of Iowa Youth and Families Project data found three distinct routes to 4-year college attendance: the traditional path of youth with professional/managerial parents; farm youth's use of parents' community ties; and the path of resourceful lower-status rural youth, whose attainment grew from early educational ambition and varied community and school involvements. (Contains 25 references.) (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Aspiration, College Bound Students, Educational Attainment, Parent Background, Parent Influence, Parent Student Relationship, Rural Education, Rural Farm Residents, Rural Nonfarm Residents, Rural Youth, Social Capital, Socioeconomic Influences, Socioeconomic Status

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Iowa

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