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Chester, Ann; McKendall, Sherron; McKendall, Alan; Mann, Michael; Kristjansson, Alfgeir; Branch, Robert; Hornbeck, Bethany; Morton, Catherine; Kuhn, Summer; Branch, Feon Smith; Barnes-Rowland, Charlene – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy's, (HSTA) goals are to increase college attendance of African American, financially disadvantaged, first generation college and rural Appalachian youth and increase health-care providers and STEM professionals in underserved communities. Students enter in the 9th grade and remain in HSTA four years. They…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, STEM Education, After School Programs, Clubs
Chester, Ann; McKendall, Sherron; McKendall, Alan; Mann, Michael; Kristjansson, Alfgeir; Branch, Robert; Hornbeck, Bethany; Morton, Catherine; Kuhn, Summer; Branch, Feon Smith; Barnes-Rowland, Charlene – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy's, (HSTA) goals are to increase college attendance of African American, financially disadvantaged, first generation college and rural Appalachian youth and increase health-care providers and STEM professionals in underserved communities. Students enter in the 9th grade and remain in HSTA four years. They…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, STEM Education, After School Programs, Youth Clubs
Beasley, Sarah Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine college pathways or college access and success of rural, first-generation students. Most research on college pathways for low- and moderate-income students focuses on those students as a whole or on urban low-socioeconomic status (SES) students. (Caution is in order when generalizing the experiences of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Rural Youth, Rural Schools, Academic Aspiration
Kanawha County Schools, Charleston, WV. – 1963
THE SCHOOLS HAVE NEGLECTED TO PROVIDE FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERCENT OF THE RURAL CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENTS BY NOT OFFERING A STRONG VOCATIONAL PROGRAM. SELECTED SCHOOLS WILL BEGIN A SERIES OF PROGRAMS. CONTROL GROUPS WILL BE MAINTAINED UNDER TRADITIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATION. PROGRAMS WILL BE INITIATED FOR PRESCHOOL THROUGH…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Inservice Teacher Education, Primary Education, Rural Youth
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Wilson, Robert A.; Wilson, Nancy M. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
The purpose of this study was to listen to rural students' voices about their present schoolwork and educational plans for the future and discern, via factor analyzing their survey responses, what they view as the most important factors in their academic performance and post-high school plans. The first objective was to access the 2001-2002,…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Rural Youth, Rural Education, Student Surveys
Richards, Herbert C.; Bear, George G. – 1986
Richards, Gaver, and Golicz (1984) found that, in contrast to peers whose grades were accurately predicted from performance on aptitude tests, both extremely underachieving and extremely overachieving fourth-graders had negative academic attitudes. The present study aimed to replicate and extend these findings. Subjects in the replication study…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Negative Attitudes
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Howley, Caitlin – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2006
An exploratory analysis of the meanings families attach to schooling, this article is based upon interviews conducted with three white, middle-class families--one from rural West Virginia, another from a small West Virginia city, and a third from rural Pennsylvania. I hoped that this preliminary effort would help me think about how families view…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Rural Youth, Interviews, Whites
Dickens, Eva – 1998
A concern to many interested in the development and growth of teenagers is a serious deterioration in the messages of some rock music. Rock music is considered a regenerative and revolutionary act by artists in the music industry--the energy center of a new culture. The psychological impact and meaning of rock music for adolescents is addressed as…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, High School Students, High Schools
Marra, John Leslie – 1971
An exploratory study focusing upon the career choosing patterns of high school seniors in a relatively isolated, coal-mining county of West Virginia is reported in this paper. The 2 basic hypotheses examined were that rural youth from upper status family backgrounds will have higher status career orientations than those from lower status family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, College Attendance, Cultural Influences
Coe, Pam; Howley, Craig B. – 1989
According to the definition that a rural school district is one in which 75% or more of the population lives outside Standard Metropolitan Areas or in which student density is equal to or less than 10 pupils per square miles, 36 or 65% of West Virginia's 55 counties are classified as rural. State school policies do not specifically recognize the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Schools
Summers, James C.; Zeller, Frederick A. – 1976
This report is a description and analysis of the 4-H Community Resource Development Program (4-H/CRD). It is based on the proposition that youth activity can be motivated by the prospect of influencing community decisions and outcomes and that the subsequent related activity will be productive of participatory skills of lifelong value in an…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Leadership Training, Participant Characteristics
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Whittaker, Denise – 2001
In 1999, Fairmont State College (West Virginia) received a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant for a 5-year program designed to encourage college aspirations and preparation among disadvantaged rural youth. During the first 2 years, parents and students in nine counties were surveyed to determine their…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Administrator Attitudes, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth
Dunbar, Jennifer L.; Sloane, Harvey I.; Mueller, Curt D. – 1999
The state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds state programs to help low-income, uninsured children overcome financial barriers to medical care. Previous research found that rural children were more likely to be uninsured than urban children. This report examines the implementation of CHIP and related outreach, enrollment, and…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, American Indians, Children, Economically Disadvantaged
Meehan, Merrill L.; And Others – 1993
In 1990, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was completed by a random sample of 1,448 West Virginia public-school students in grades 9-12. The sample was 51 percent male and 89 percent white. About 71 percent of subjects were aged 15-17; 39 percent were in the ninth grade. The YRBS covered behaviors producing vehicle-related or other injuries,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Health Behavior, High School Students
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Howley, Craig B.; And Others – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1996
Surveys of 158 West Virginia Governor's Honors Academy (GHA) students and 644 seniors in rural West Virginia high schools suggest that, compared to the latter, GHA students are less alienated; are not more eager to leave their community; exhibit stronger modern dispositions, but not weaker rustic dispositions; and are equally satisfied with their…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Community Satisfaction, Expectation, High School Seniors
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