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LINDSTROM, D.E. – 1967
THIS REPORT OF SOME OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PLANS OF RURAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS DERIVED FROM A STUDY OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ILLINOIS. THE STUDY TRIED TO DETERMINE THE APTITUDES AND SKILLS POSSESSED BY RURAL YOUTH, TO FIND THE PERSONAL AND SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Planning, High School Graduates, Occupational Information
LINDSTROM, D.E. – 1965
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE PRESENT STATUS OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS OF RURAL YOUTH. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT MOST RURAL YOUTH DO NOT PLAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE, AND THAT THESE NONCOLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS DO NOT SCORE AS WELL ON APTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AS THOSE PLANNING ON COLLEGE. APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS DO NOT FEEL…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Education
LINDSTROM, D.E. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF RURAL IN-MIGRANT YOUTH SEARCHING FOR JOBS IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. THE DATA CAME FROM TWO RANDOMIZED SAMPLES OF RURAL YOUTH (TOTALING 4046) MIGRATING TO ST. LOUIS FROM 50 MILES OR MORE OUTSIDE THE CITY. THESE RURAL YOUTH ARE CHARACTERIZED AS FOLLOWS--(1) TWO-THIRDS HAD FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Employment, Labor Market