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Curtis, David D. – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
We know that rural young people have less access to higher education than do metropolitan youth, and that the effect of location is a much stronger influence than SES or achievement (Rothman, Hillman, McKenzie, & Marks, 2009). We also know that, based on achievement data, many rural young people, who might be expected to enrol in university,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Vocational Education, Rural Youth
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Polesel, John – Australian Journal of Education, 2009
A trend of increasing regional disadvantage is suggested in the pattern of rising rates of deferral of university places amongst rural school-completers in Australia. Cost-related factors and financial barriers are prominent in the reasons given by these young people for deferring a place at university. These trends formed the impetus for a study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Youth, High School Graduates, Financial Problems
James, Richard; Wyn, Johanna; Baldwin, Gabrielle; Hepworth, Gary; McInnis, Craig; Stephanou, Andrew – 1999
The imbalances between the higher education participation of rural and urban Australians are significant and persistent. This study examined the attitudes, goals, and plans of Australian senior high school students via a survey of over 7,000 students in grades 10-12 in three states, complemented by interviews with about 350 students in 20 rural…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, College Attendance, Disadvantaged