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Peer reviewedSchonert, Kimberly A.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1991
This study of 174 students graduating from 11 small rural high schools in Iowa found that students felt themselves well prepared by their schools, that 80 percent went on to postsecondary education, and that most of these achieved a degree. Results are discussed with regard to the influence of the rural school and community in facilitating…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, High Schools
Beran, Janice A. – 1983
During the early decades of this century in rural Iowa, basketball for girls served to bring excitement and diversion in an otherwise bleak environment. It provided a chance for the girls to travel, occasionally to large cities. Playing basketball enhanced the girls' relationships with school peers and teachers and served to bring recognition and…
Descriptors: Basketball, Community Attitudes, Community Support, High Schools
Dreier, William H. – 1982
Eleven Iowa towns in 11 counties and 11 Area Education Agencies (AEAs), having both elementary and high schools in 1960, were chosen via a rural-urban continuum to ascertain evidence of creativity in providing community services after losing the high school between 1960 and 1980. The study compared: community services in 1955-56 and 1980-81 (a…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Change, Community Services, Community Size
