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Download full textMcCracken, J. David; And Others – 1991
This paper examines the relationships between high school curriculum (academic, general, and vocational) and students' occupational and educational aspirations in rural schools. The study was conducted in Ohio and then replicated in Southwest Georgia. In Ohio, 767 predominantly white rural senior students completed a questionnaire and the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Employment Level, High Schools
Pelham, John T. – 1968
The specific objective was to study racial differences in the consistency dimension of desired status objects (aspirational frame of reference) and expected objects (anticipated frame of reference) of adolescent males from the rural South. Specific observations were made on (1) racial differences in consistency of aspirational frames of reference…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Aspiration, Blacks
Sanchez, Billie Sue – 1978
To determine what effect marriage deferment might have on the ability of both sexes to achieve higher educational levels and, therefore, possibly higher occupational status, the study examined socioeconomic status, attitudes toward future educational and occupational attainments, actual educational and occupational attainments, and desired…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement, Attitudes, Black Achievement
