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Download full textLegutko, Robert S. – Rural Educator, 2008
This study is a quantitative descriptive research design which compared 1995 and 2005 data regarding family influence on rural Pennsylvania high school seniors' postsecondary decisions. A chi-square analysis at p less than 0.05 determined that there was (a) an increase in students planning college attendance, (b) a decrease in students not…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Middle Class, Siblings, College Attendance
Peer reviewedLegutko, Robert S. – Rural Educator, 1998
A survey of 285 high school seniors in six rural Pennsylvania schools found that student plans to attend postsecondary education were strongly influenced by parents' educational attainment and somewhat influenced by sibling educational attainment. Family financial situation was not a factor in student choice of postsecondary educational options.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Family Influence, High School Seniors
