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Drabick, Lawrence W. – 1974
The paper illustrates time-series variation in educational expectations of high school seniors. Two contentions pertaining to educational expectations have been that (1) the expectations of youth as a whole are rising, and (2) the traditional variance between rural and urban youth are depreciating. Based on data obtained from North Carolina high…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Education, Expectation, High School Seniors
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Farris, M. Cynthia; And Others – Research in Rural Education, 1985
Examines how well structural and social psychological variables explain occupational aspirations of 447 rural, low-income southern youth during preadolescence, adolescence, and young adulthood (contacts were made in 1969, 1975, and 1979). Finds results vary from Ginsburg's theory of three stages with occupational expectations declining rapidly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Career Choice, Economically Disadvantaged