THIS PAMPHLET DISCUSSES FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES OF RURAL YOUTH. IT ALSO COMPARES (1) THE CAREER CHOICES OF RURAL AND URBAN YOUTH, (2) THE OCCUPATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF RURAL AND URBAN YOUTH, AND (3) THE FACTORS WHICH DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FARM-REARED BOYS PLANNING TO FARM AND THOSE PLANNING NONFARM CAREERS. SUGGESTIONS FOR…

The paper illustrates time-series variation in educational expectations of high school seniors. Two contentions pertaining to educational expectations have been that (1) the expectations of youth as a whole are rising, and (2) the traditional variance between rural and urban youth are depreciating. Based on data obtained from North Carolina high…

This report presents questionnaires that were used in three phases of a longitudinal study of career aspirations and attainments among low income youth and of their mothers' aspirations for them. The subjects were interviewed in 1969, when they were in the fifth and sixth grades, in 1975, and in 1979. Participants were members of three low income…

U.S. agriculture has built its reputation on the best agricultural education system in the world. However, its greatness only provides a solid foundation on which to build an even better future. Some things that must be done to meet the challenge of the future are the following: (1) change the stereotypes of what farming is; vocational agriculture…

BOOST, Business and Office Occupations Student Training, is a research and development project devoted to the improvement of programs in office occupations for disadvantaged students. The project was designed to discover the perceptions of disadvantaged students concerning office work and to develop a program for modifying those perceptions that…