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Szymanski, Antonia – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2021
The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of advanced students who live in poverty and their choices regarding taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Ten urban high school students were interviewed regarding their decision-making process regarding coursework to investigate supports or barriers that exist. Four themes became…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Poverty, At Risk Students, Low Income Students
Perrone, Vito; And Others – 1981
This monograph provides a contextual statement, overview of the methodology, and copies of instruments and related materials from a study of high school students and their employment in Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota. The contextual statement summarizes background information and rationale for the study. In the section on methodology and…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews
Johnson County Community Coll., Overland Park, KS. Office of Institutional Research. – 1987
In 1987, a study was conducted by Johnson County Community College (Kansas) in cooperation with local public school districts to determine the career and educational interests of the county's public high school students. Surveys were administered in class to 11,477 freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, requesting information on high school…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Enrollment Influences, Females
Erickson, Judith B. – 1992
The Indiana Youth Poll examined young people's doubts, hopes, and dreams for the future. Participants responded in two ways: they replied as individuals to a short questionnaire and participated in discussions on open-ended questions. Altogether, 1,560 students from 204 of Indiana's public high schools and from 20 of the 293 private high schools…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
Nichols Education Consulting Group, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1995
Approximately 9,500 stakeholders in school-business partnerships in Alberta (including representatives of key business/education associations, school boards, and schools; a sample of businesses with some involvement in school-business partnerships; and a random sample of 3,000 employers) were surveyed regarding their views on business involvement…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Employer Attitudes
Luciano, Ann C. – 1978
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, conducted surveys about the image of the college with random samples of its students, high school seniors, high school guidance counselors, and the college's faculty and administration. Four similar surveys were developed. The students' surveys had three parts: demographic data, data on the ideal…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Church Related Colleges, College Administration, College Choice