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Chester, Ann; Dooley, Elizabeth – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2011
This article describes the Health Sciences and Technology Academy, an outreach and engagement program by West Virginia University to encourage higher education faculty members and administrators, public school teachers, and community leaders to assume the responsibility of mentoring high school students. The primary goal is to increase the college…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Higher Education, Public School Teachers, Leadership
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Bickel, Robert N.; And Others – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1991
Multiple regression analysis of data from West Virginia school districts revealed that 41 percent of interdistrict differences in higher education enrollment rates was explained by percentage of disadvantaged students, percentage of students in college preparatory curriculum (strongly related to income and rurality), and student/teacher ratio.…
Descriptors: College Attendance, County School Districts, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education