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Download full textKuvlesky, William P.; Reynolds, David H. – 1970
The second part of a revised series of bibliographic listings relating to the study of educational status projections (aspirations and expectations) of youth is presented. The original bibliographic listings were accomplished in 1966 and were updated in 1967. The current document replaces Part II of the 1967 report and contains an additional 98…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bibliographies, Educational Research, Rural Youth
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1970
The paper represents a continuing effort at correcting misleading myths about the aspirations and expectations of disadvantaged rural youth. Useless or harmful policies and programs may result from the following erroneous assumptions: (1) that rural youth have low level aspirations for attainment; (2) that disadvantaged youth have low level…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Counseling, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth
Kuvlesky, William P.; Jacob, Nelson L. – 1968
Forty-nine research reports published between 1947 and 1968 are listed and annotated for researchers interested in status projections of rural youth. The annotations are designed to point out areas of conflicting findings, unresearched problems, weaknesses in method, and areas of agreement in past findings. The entries are indexed by content and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Status Comparison, Family Structure
Kuvlesky, William P.; Lever, Michael F. – 1975
The status projections of high school sophomores residing in rural East Texas were surveyed in spring of 1972. Focus was on their aspirations and expectations for status attainment in occupation, education, income, and type of place of residence. In each area, four elements of status projections were examined: aspiration level, expectation level,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Evaluation Criteria, Expectation
Kuvlesky, William P.; Monk, Philip M. – 1975
Historical change in occupational and educational status projections of Texas rural Mexican American teenage boys and girls between 1967 and 1973 were examined. The study determined the nature and extent of historical change patterns occurring among these youth in reference to the following dimensions of occupational and educational status…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1981
Results of surveys (in 1967, 1973, and 1978-1979) of nonmetropolitan Mexican American high school sophomores from South Texas indicated that, although broad similarities existed between males and females, there were also specific patterned gender differences in social behavior and orientations. In status projection levels, particularly educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Acculturation, Cultural Influences, Dropouts
