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Peer reviewedMcGrath, Daniel J.; Swisher, Raymond R.; Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Conger, Rand D. – Rural Sociology, 2001
Analysis of Iowa Youth and Families Project data found three distinct routes to 4-year college attendance: the traditional path of youth with professional/managerial parents; farm youth's use of parents' community ties; and the path of resourceful lower-status rural youth, whose attainment grew from early educational ambition and varied community…
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Bound Students, Educational Attainment, Parent Background
Download full textHaas, Toni – 1992
This ERIC Digest reports on the educational aspirations of rural youth compared with students living in urban and suburban areas. Research indicates that in comparison to urban youth, rural young people felt their parents were much more supportive of their taking full-time jobs, attending trade schools, or entering the military rather than…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Failure, Community Involvement, Dropouts
