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Armstrong, Nancy – Illinois Rural Life Panel Summary Report, 1993
The Illinois Rural Life Panel, a sample of approximately 2,000 residents living in Illinois' 76 nonmetropolitan counties, is surveyed annually about various issues. The 1993 survey results are reported in four brief summaries. In the first summary, which discusses health care, panelists indicated dissatisfaction with the current health-care…
Descriptors: Community Services, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Services
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Washington, DC. – 1993
This packet of materials provides information about tours for rural secondary students in Washington, D.C., sponsored jointly by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), state rural electric cooperatives, and statewide associations of rural electric systems. Since 1958 this program has selected high school students to visit…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cooperatives, Federal Government, Field Trips
Download full textKUVLESKY, WILLIAM P.; OHLENDORF, GEORGE W. – 1967
THIS PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHWESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION WAS CONCERNED WITH THE EVALUATION OF A CONCEPTUAL SCHEME DESIGNED TO STUDY SCHOOL ORIENTATION OF YOUTH AND PARTICULARLY RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN SCHOOL ORIENTATION OF RURAL YOUTH. HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES RESIDING IN SELECTED LOW INCOME COUNTIES OF TEXAS WERE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Black Youth, Conceptual Schemes
Institute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, DC.
OPERATIONAL FEATURES OF SUCCESSFUL 1965 UPWARD BOUND PROGRAMS ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED. THE GOAL OF THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE UNIVERSITY-BASED AND ARE CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER AND THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR, IS TO PREPARE NORMALLY INTELLIGENT DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR ADMISSION TO AND SUCCESS IN COLLEGE. THE PROGRAMS…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs
Hodges, Linda Feitl – 1970
The study's objectives were to: (1) compare differences in social-psychological behavior between 1948 high school graduates in central Iowa who migrated and those who remained in their home areas; (2) examine social behavior which may have resulted from the migration experience; (3) examine migration behavior in relation to occupational mobility…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Family Influence, High School Students
Patella, Victoria M.; Kuvlesky, William P. – 1975
Based on a 1967 survey of Mexican American high school sophomores conducted in the "border region" of South Texas, this 1973 follow-up study examined the extent to which: (1) historical changes had occurred in the use of Spanish and English by Mexican American boys and girls over the 6-year study period, and (2) the variations in 1973…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Followup Studies, Grade 10
Clay, Daniel C. – 1976
The study explored the importance of parent-child rapport as it pertained to the child's career development in the context of rural Ontonagon County, Michigan. Questionnaires were self-administered to 201 high school seniors (100 boys and 101 girls) in the spring of 1974. Information was gathered on a wide range of topics dealing with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Females, High School Seniors
Lever, Michael F. – 1974
The changes in residence projections (statements of behavior, attitudes, or beliefs about future residence status) of rural East Texas high school sophomores between 1966 and 1972 were examined. Focus was on general trends over the time span as well as those specific to race, sex, and respondent's residence. The analysis involved an…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Expectation
Kuvlesky, William P.; Monk, Philip M. – 1975
Historical change in occupational and educational status projections of Texas rural Mexican American teenage boys and girls between 1967 and 1973 were examined. The study determined the nature and extent of historical change patterns occurring among these youth in reference to the following dimensions of occupational and educational status…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis
Holzmueller, Diana – 1974
The Dillingham (Alaska) Foreign Study Program Evaluation covers 3 school years (1970-71 through 1972-73). The program was an innovative direction for rural education in expanding the students' (predominantly Native American) experience during their senior year in high school, and offering early entrance into college. The Center for Northern…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Cross Cultural Studies, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Bogie, Donald W. – 1976
Male (N=920) and female (N=915) rural, senior high school students from Eastern Kentucky (N=643), Central Kentucky (N=617), and Western Kentucky (N=575) were surveyed for purposes of exploring: levels of occupational and educational aspirations and expectations, felt certainty of achieving career goals, and migration plans after graduation…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Differences, Expectation, Geographic Location
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
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Interviews with 33 teenagers from three small rural Midwest towns examined how they saw themselves, their families, friends, communities, and futures. Interview excerpts illustrate ambivalence about rural experiences, desire to move elsewhere, and Hispanic students' experiences with racism, but also convey positive attitudes about family, friends,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Ethnic Bias, Expectation, Family Influence
McDaniel, Lynda – Appalachia, 2000
In Hale County, Alabama, a strong spirit of community collaboration led to the development of a family resource center that provides preschool education, a drug prevention program, center-based and mobile health services, general equivalency diploma (GED) classes, outreach services, and a youth leadership program in which outstanding high school…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Services, High School Students
