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Grimard, Andre; Maddaus, John – Rural Educator, 2004
This research study examines the major obstacles low-income rural youth face in preparing to attend college and how to overcome these obstacles through the participation in an Upward Bound program. The data for this study are from a single-site of the regular ("Classic") Upward Bound program at a public university in a rural New England…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Income, Eligibility, School Counselors
Hedlund, Dalva E. – 1996
This paper examines the meaning of "rural" in rural education research and the relationship of this meaning to the research project's design and purpose. In traditional, comparative research designs, "rural" becomes a part of research that involves or implies comparisons with the nonrural. In contrast, emergent, interpretive…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Context Effect, Cultural Context, Educational Research
Compton, Betty B.; Hughes, John – 1990
Based in rural northern Orange County (North Carolina), the Adolescents-in-Need Project began in 1981 as a joint effort of the school district, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and community agencies. Project goals focused on preventing untimely events in the lives of teenagers, and included helping adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood, High Risk Students
Paulk, Jonathan; Helge, Doris – 1989
This document reports on the results of a 1988 survey of the status of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) education in a sample of 109 universities preparing rural teachers. Information is given on the availability of programs, program goals, placement and length of programs, and topics covered. An analysis of the results indicates that while…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Stephens, Barbara – 1978
The primary purpose of this directory is to identify for the grant-seeker some of the major national, regional, and local foundations that fund programs benefitting rural people. Included is an overview of other sources of private sector assistance such as churches and businesses that should also be considered. Several aids are provided to…
Descriptors: Directories, Grants, Grantsmanship, Guides
Johnson, Joseph C., II – 1969
This is an elaboration of a 1967 to 1968 study that attempted to control various intervening variables thought to affect the outcomes of secondary reading improvement programs. Examined were the effects of the variables of race, sex, secondary school attended, college board scores, chronological age, family head's educational level, choice of…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Parent Background, Perceptual Development, Performance Factors
Miles, Guy H. – 1969
Many of the problems faced by rural youth in the North Central states result from growing up in a rapidly changing environment. Their characteristics may differ widely from those of urban youth. Such differences have implications for the kind of Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) programs that would be most beneficial to them. Phase 1 consists of the…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Low Income Groups, Rural Education, Rural Environment
Murdoch, Colin, Ed.; Wood, Giovanna, Ed. – 1997
This conference proceedings of the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA) contains 19 presentations and workshops. An introductory section includes SPERA's mission, goals, and history; a brief welcome address by SPERA president Sheila King; a list of past conference proceedings; and abstracts of presentations. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation
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Lawrence, Barbara Kent – Rural Educator, 1998
Describes an ethnographic dissertation that portrays how patterns of culture and history in a rural community in Maine negatively influence many rural students' academic aspirations. Consolidated schools exacerbate the effect by separating students from their parents and communities and alienating them in school. (TD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Alienation, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
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Squires, Don – Education in Rural Australia, 2000
Outlines the policy framework for vocational education and training (VET) in New South Wales (Australia), provision of VET through distance education to isolated learners and students in small rural schools, issues related to the child-to-adult transition of isolated students, and the varying educational needs of students following five different…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Distance Education, Diversity (Student), Educational Needs
Jacobson, Michael; Lombard, Robert – Rural Research Report, 1992
This report examines the development of law-related education (LRE), discusses the extent of its implementation in rural Illinois, and describes the efforts made by the Illinois Institute for Public Understanding About the Law (IIPUAL) in bringing LRE to rural schools. The goals of LRE are to provide students with an understanding of the law and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Distance Education, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Matthews, Doris B. – 1989
This document synthesizes research findings to formulate a theory to guide relaxation training in educational settings, particularly rural schools. Young people experience many intense life events that require coping skills or relaxation. Family-related stress factors include instability in the home, lack of a support system, conflicting values,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Biofeedback, Coping
Coe, Pam; Howley, Craig B. – 1989
According to the definition that a rural school district is one in which 75% or more of the population lives outside Standard Metropolitan Areas or in which student density is equal to or less than 10 pupils per square miles, 36 or 65% of West Virginia's 55 counties are classified as rural. State school policies do not specifically recognize the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Schools
Coe, Pam; And Others – 1989
Of Virginia's 139 school districts (which are called "divisions"), 75 (or 54%) are classified as rural. A rural school district is defined as one in which 75% or more of the population lives outside Standard Metropolitan Areas or in which student density if less than or equal to 10 pupils per square mile. While there are large…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Schools
Coe, Pam; And Others – 1989
With the exception of four major metropolitan areas--Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville--Tennessee is a predominantly rural state with 56% (or 79) of its 142 school districts classified as rural. A rural school district is defined as one in which 75% or more of the population lives outside Standard Metropolitan Areas or in which…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Schools
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