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Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
A federally sponsored project called ACCESS is described, which is designed to help rural high school students in 27 counties of northwest Missouri obtain skills needed to attend college or trade school and then return to work in their communities. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economic Factors, Educational Opportunities, Farmers
Munoz, Marco A.; Portes, Pedro R. – 2001
This study examined the effect of specified demographic and psychological variables on the academic achievement of high school students from urban and rural settings (n=177). Psychosocial variables considered in this study were familism (perceived closeness of the family), perceived discrimination, time management, and home and school factors.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Depression (Psychology), Economic Factors
Bogie, Donald Wayne – 1970
In an effort to determine whether there are differences in areas of residence that affect the aspirations and expectations of young people living therein, this study examined occupational and educational aspirations of 1,835 rural high school seniors from 3 sociocultural contexts in Kentucky: (1) a low-opportunity, rural-poverty area in central…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Doctoral Dissertations, Economic Factors