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Download full textSchonert, Kimberly A.; And Others – 1989
A study to obtain follow-up information on graduates from small Iowa school districts was conducted in 1988 to identify rural youth's "educational pathways" during the first 5 years after high school graduation. The sample of high school graduates was randomly drawn from 11 of 98 rural Iowa school districts with an enrollment fewer than…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Graduates
Bills, David B.; And Others – 1989
Ranking 49th in total employment growth between 1978 and 1986, Iowa actually lost 0.48% of its workforce each year. Income fell 2.2% annually between 1978-86 (10% per annum in the farm industry) and unemployment rates doubled since the mid-1970s. This 1988 study describes the school-to-work transition of a sample of high school graduates, class of…
Descriptors: Career Change, College Attendance, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
Haller, Emil J.; Monk, David H. – 1992
The persistent net loss of young people from rural areas has potentially contradictory implications for educational policy. Believing that youth migration to urban areas is inevitable, one school board might feel obligated to prepare students for urban jobs. Another board might view such actions as community suicide and attempt to slow…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Educational Policy, High Schools, Military Service
Pollard, Kelvin; O'Hare, William P. – 1990
The deterioration of industries in rural America in the 1980s has placed rural youth in a difficult situation. Those who remain in rural areas face a scarcity of good jobs, while those who leave face competition for employment against better-educated metropolitan youth. A study was conducted to: (1) examine the educational experiences of both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, Followup Studies, High School Seniors
Yan, Wenfan – 2002
This report examines the factors that influence the postsecondary enrollment and persistence of rural Pennsylvania students, compared to students from urban and suburban areas. The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 provided data on 216 rural, 103 urban, and 323 suburban high school graduates from Pennsylvania. Depending on their status…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Aspiration, College Attendance, College Preparation
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
