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Download full textAbt, Wendy Peter; And Others – 1977
Drawing from reports of rural graduates' insights, the study examined whether graduates of small school districts serving rural areas systematically differ from graduates of more metropolitan school districts. Primary data were collected during a four-year longitudinal study of students attending small schools serving rural areas (Project Rural).…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Community Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Employment
Edington, Everett D.; And Others – 1975
Fixed-choice stimulus questions were distributed to students from 12 New Mexico rural high schools (randomly selected), and responses were derived from 139 Native, 171 Anglo, and 240 Mexican American students in the 10th and 12th grades. Responses indicated educational, occupational, and residential aspirations and expectations and goal…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Aspiration, Education
Kuvlesky, William P.; And Others – 1969
In an effort to determine to what extent ethnic groups are associated with differences in adolescents' projected frames of status reference, data were collected from Negro, Mexican American, and Anglo youth residing in rural areas of Texas. Occupational and educational status projections were compared to determine levels of aspiration and…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Anglo Americans, Aspiration, Blacks
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1971
Projecting the future for the rural youth of America, the paper examined the problems and needs of this group. Rural youth, for the most part economically, socially, and educationally disadvantaged, were not found to be chaffing at the bit to enter the value configurations and behavioral patterns of "Consciousness III". They are still very much…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Aspiration, Change Agents, Community Programs
Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 2006
In 2004, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania contracted with Pennsylvania State University to begin a longitudinal study of rural Pennsylvania school students to understand their future aspirations, the factors influencing these aspirations, whether their plans change as they age, and if they attain their goals and plans. The main research questions…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Rural Environment, Rural Education, Longitudinal Studies
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Las Cruces, NM. – 1977
One of a series on selected topics, this bibliography of resource materials and research findings is drawn from ERIC documents; the 42 citations on rural youth cover expectations and aspirations about education, occupation, residence, marriage, and procreation (several are historical change studies), and focus on such influences as race, sex,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Aspiration, American Indians, Anglo Americans
Thomas, Katheryn Ann – 1971
The paper described and compared the attitudes that teenage boys and girls hold of marriage and procreation. Sex comparison was emphasized, because the process of change and its concomitant value and role confusion may be producing conflicting orientations toward future familial roles and spouses' expected roles. Specifically, the study focused on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aspiration, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1976
Studies on U.S. rural youth indicate current regional and ethnic diversity; limited rural-urban differences; and some limited social change in terms of values, needs, and aspirations. The size of the rural youth population is considerable (25,013,948 out of a total youth population of 93,313,518 in 1970). The majority of rural youth are white…
Descriptors: American Indians, Aspiration, Blacks, Cultural Differences
Petersen, Anne C.; And Others – 1978
Using the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ), the study examined the self-image of rural high school youth. The primary subjects were 127 randomly selected students from a rural community high school. The community was predominantly white and middle-class. A second rural sample consisted of 42 students selected from 3 tiny country schools from…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age, Aspiration, Body Image
Golebiowski, Bronislaw – 1976
Aspirations and life-orientations of the youngest generation (born 1941-65) living in the Polish Peoples Republic were analyzed in terms of observable evolution within this generation and identifiable characteristics of change. Data were derived from diaries collected in 1966 and a 1971 survey titled, "Young People: Self-Assessment and Life…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Diaries, Educational Benefits
Turowski, Jan, Ed.; Szwengrub, Lili Maria, Ed. – 1976
Addressing the question of economic growth, this book focuses on the implications of industry re: Polish social structure, organization of farms, and changes in rural culture and large social groups. Emphasizing way and quality of life, this book includes the following major sections and article titles: (1) Industrialization and Changes in the…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Aspiration, Economic Development, Environmental Influences
Cosby, Arthur G., Ed.; Charner, Ivan, Ed. – 1978
Career and career-related preferences rural youth made and estimation of degree to which choices were translated into adult behavior were investigated by tracing a rural sample of southern 1968 high school graduates through the first four years of post-high school. Focus was on choices expressed and attainments experienced with respect to…
Descriptors: Achievement, Aspiration, Career Choice, Educational Objectives
Slocum, Walter L. – 1976
Data that were collected at various times during the period 1952-1971 were brought together to portray some of the important norms that guided the attitudes and actions of high school and college students in Washington. Family culture and delinquency data collected from 3,242 high school students in 1957, 1958, and 1959 dealt with teenage…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitudes, Career Education, Career Planning
SEWELL, WILLIAM H. – 1963
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO PRESENT A SUMMARY OF PRESENT KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT ASPIRATION AND OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OF YOUTH. THE PAPER RELIED HEAVILY ON DATA OBTAINED IN A WISCONSIN RESEARCH PROJECT FINANCED BY THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION AND THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. OTHER STUDIES MENTIONED INDICATED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Aspiration, Career Choice
Venegas, Moises; Kuvlesky, William – 1975
Based on comparative data from two 1973 studies, this study examined whether or not the occupational and educational status projections and language usage patterns of Mexican American teenagers living in a large metropolitan area differed from those of teenagers living in isolated, relatively small nonmetropolitan places. The two separate, but…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Aspiration, Comparative Analysis
