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Download full textCowley, Kimberly S.; Meehan, Merrill L.; Wilson, Robert A.; Wilson, Nancy M. – 2003
A study examined rural students' academic aspirations and expectations, their perceptions of their parents' aspirations and expectations, and their parents' actual aspirations and expectations. Surveys were completed by 3,733 seventh grade-students in 54 schools in 17 West Virginia counties. Parent response rates were lower, with approximately two…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Expectation, Grade 7
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Chadwick, Kristine L.; Whittaker, Denise – 2001
Parent and student surveys were conducted in nine primarily rural West Virginia counties to gather baseline information on incoming seventh-grade students' and parents' awareness of and aspirations for postsecondary education. The surveys are administered each year as part of Fairmont State College's GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Grade 7, Higher Education
