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Hutchins, Bryan C.; Meece, Judith L.; Byun, Soo-yong; Farmer, Thomas W. – Rural Educator, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the postsecondary educational and occupational expectations of work-bound rural youth. Three groups of work-bound youth were identified (work-bound, work-bound with future educational plans, and work-bound but unsure/undecided about postsecondary education), and each group was compared to college-bound…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration, Family Characteristics, Investigations
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Halsey, R. John – Education in Rural Australia, 2009
Rural education and its policy agenda has for many decades primarily focussed upon responding to decline to "keep things going; keep things open". While this has been understandable and much has been achieved, it is now opportune--essential?--that rural education and its leaders embrace a new challenge, sustainability, and use it to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Sustainability, Educational Policy
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Byun, Soo-yong; Irvin, Matthew J.; Meece, Judith L. – Review of Higher Education, 2012
Using the National Education Longitudinal Study, this study explored various factors that predicted bachelor's degree attainment among rural youth attending a four-year institution. Results showed that Hispanic origin, family income, parental educational expectations, the rigor of the high school curriculum, timing and intensity of college…
Descriptors: Siblings, Rural Youth, Intramural Athletics, Family Income
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Halsey, R. John – Education in Rural Australia, 2009
One of the common characteristics of rural communities globally, and especially those in the developed countries of the world, is the exodus of youth in search of "greener pastures." While this exodus of youth has been happening for centuries and has often been spurred along by fundamental changes in the way societies organise…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Rural to Urban Migration, Rural Areas, Regional Characteristics
Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 2010
This study is designed to include four waves of data collection, conducted approximately every other year, beginning in 2004 and continuing through 2011. This report briefly describes the procedures used for the third wave of data collection, completed in 2008-2009, and the results from a sample of Pennsylvania's rural 11th grade youth and youth…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Academic Aspiration, Rural Areas, Data Collection
McLaughlin, Diane K.; Demi, Mary Ann; Curry, Alisha; Snyder, Anastasia R. – Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 2009
In 2004, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania contracted with Pennsylvania State University to begin a longitudinal study of rural Pennsylvania school students to understand their educational and career aspirations and the factors influencing their aspirations, whether their plans change as they age and if they attain their goals. In its entirety,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Rural Areas, Data Collection
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Zhao, Luan – International Education Studies, 2010
In China, the access to education is determined by not only student's demand for schooling, but also the allocation of educational resources and the schools' selection of candidate students. Based on the data obtained from the rural life level and rural social assistance household surveys in four provinces in 2005, the demand-identified bivariate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Rural Education, Rural Areas
ISENBERG, ROBERT M. – 1967
THE GOALS FOR RURAL EDUCATION, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND FINANCIAL STATUS ARE PRESENTED IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE REPORT. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE--(1) A FINANCIAL STATEMENT, (2) REPORTS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE STATE DIRECTORS, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RURAL LIFE AND EDUCATION, FROM THE…
Descriptors: Objectives, Professional Associations, Rural Education, Rural Environment
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Stein, Gabriela Livas; Hussong, Andrea – American Secondary Education, 2007
This study examines high school expectancies in a sample of at-risk, rural youth, and how these expectancies relate to 8th grade functioning, 9th grade functioning, and 9th grade experiences of high school. A total of 76 eighth-graders and their parents, drawn from a larger study of the transition to high school, participated in interviews the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Youth, Grade 9, Educational Environment
Reynnells, M. Louise, Comp. – 1988
This bibliography lists 122 citations of documents and materials related to international rural youth issues contained in the holdings of the National Agricultural Library (NAL). The bibliography is based on computerized on-line searches of the AGRICOLA data base. All entries are in English. Each entry contains detailed information about author,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, International Studies, Rural Education, Rural Youth
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Wilson, Robert A.; Wilson, Nancy M. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
The purpose of this study was to listen to rural students' voices about their present schoolwork and educational plans for the future and discern, via factor analyzing their survey responses, what they view as the most important factors in their academic performance and post-high school plans. The first objective was to access the 2001-2002,…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Rural Youth, Rural Education, Student Surveys
Beach, Bonnie Wilcoxen – Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, 2004
This paper offers the author's personal reflections about an event at a research pre-session of the 2003 annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) held on April 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. The session offered a rare opportunity for the mathematics education community to consider rural issues. In this paper, the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Rural Areas, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Maxwell, Sharron L.; And Others – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1976
In an attempt to meet the special challenge of reaching rural youth, the Montachusett Opportunity Council's Family Planning Program (MOC-FP) has been operating a demonstration project that provides sex education and family planning services to adolescents in the rural areas of central Massachusetts. This article explains the program. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling, Family Planning, Health Services
Rekunov, F.N.; Shlapak, N.A. – Soviet Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Graduates, Rural Education
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Borman, Christopher – Journal of Career Education, 1981
Describes how the author worked with some rural Texas school districts to help plan and implement career guidance programs. A plan for developing an exemplary career guidance model for rural youth is also discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Models, Program Development, Program Implementation
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