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Elliot, Jack – 1989
Despite increasing graduation requirements and the limited vocational offerings in rural schools, many rural high school students still enroll in vocational education courses. This study examined factors influencing the decisions of rural Ohio high school students to select vocational education courses. In spring 1988, an interview and…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Grade 10, High Schools, Rural Education
Download full textCoe, Pam; And Others – 1989
In Kentucky, 105 of 178 school districts, or 59%, are classified as rural. State law and administrative regulations presume that most school districts are both rural and isolated. The environment for rural schools in the state is heavily influenced by the fact that the majority of school districts are rural. Each school district must have a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Rural Areas, Rural Education
Leach, Mozelle P. – 1987
In order to investigate the efficacy of a decade-long language arts tutoring program, a study compared students' responses to a survey of their participation in and attitudes about the program with their Reading, Language, Math, and Total scores on the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) and other tests. The tutoring program assigned college students…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Maring, Gerald H.; Warner, Dennis – 1984
A 15-minute reading inventory was administered to 188 students in seven rural districts to assess and compare the reading maturity of the college-bound juniors and seniors in those districts. Results showed that on a leisure reading attitude scale, the college-bound students had an average score of 60 points with 20 being the lowest and 100 the…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, High School Students
ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, Las Cruces, NM. – 1977
One of a series on selected topics, this bibliography contains resource materials and research findings about aspirational needs of rural youth--including ethnic, male/female, and urban/rural comparisons. The 10 citations, published from 1966 to 1974, are drawn from "Resources in Education" (RIE), a monthly publication containing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Aspiration, Annotated Bibliographies, Aspiration
PDF pending restorationCoombs, Philip H.; Ahmed, Manzoor – 1974
Summarizing the International Council for Educational Development's (ICED) second report on the study of nonformal education for rural youth and children, this draft of the second report outlines the substance of each chapter and the main findings, conclusions, and recommendations. This summary does not include the detailed evidence,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Community Education, Developing Nations
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational Education. – 1977
Based on the career guidance needs of rural youth and the problems of rural educational institutions in meeting these needs, a systematic approach for delivering a comprehensive career guidance system to students in rural and small schools was researched and developed by consortium effort. The objectives were accomplished by completing the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Comprehensive Guidance
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 1981
Data from the March 1976 Current Population Survey indicate that both metro and nonmetro areas face severe youth employment problems. Although 25% of the total United States labor force is comprised of youth aged 16-24, youth account for 50% of the total number of persons unemployed. Unemployment rates for metro and nonmetro youth are equal;…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Employment Statistics, Enrollment
Downey, Ronald G. – 1980
Small rural social systems tend to have great impact on the social behavior and performance of rural youth in higher education. The issue is the degree to which rural youth from a social environment requiring active and continuous social involvement can exist in a larger social system which may require more passive and observational modes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Attendance, College Choice
Salmanzadeh, Cyrus – 1978
Based on field work in rural areas of Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran in 1973-74, an examination of the nature of rural cultural houses in Iran was undertaken. Set up by royal decree in 1968, the rural cultural houses have had as their objective to assist peasantry in general and rural youth in particular to achieve a socially enriched…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Cultural Education, Cultural Opportunities
Farning, Max; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted to identify the significant factors of student attrition in Wisconsin's postsecondary vocational, technical, and adult education system to determine predictability, and to indicate areas for improvement of retention measures. Survey instruments were developed to gather data from 121 non-completers and instructors. A third…
Descriptors: American Indians, Dropout Rate, Dropouts, Minority Groups
DOUGLASS, JOSEPH H. – 1967
ON A NATIONAL BASIS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE NOT BEING ADEQUATELY MET, AND THE RURAL SEGMENT (ESPECIALLY RURAL YOUTH) OF THE POPULATION FARES EVEN WORSE THAN ITS URBAN COUNTERPART. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INADEQUACY INCLUDE--(1) LOWER INCOME, (2) SPARSITY OF POPULATION, (3) LOWER EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, AND (4) THE…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Low Income
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
ACKERSON, NELS J. – 1967
RURAL YOUTH ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE SERIOUS PARADOX OF OPPORTUNITY AND FRUSTRATION. OPPORTUNITIES ARE PLENTIFUL FOR THOSE WHO POSSESS SKILLS AND ABILITIES NECESSARY FOR COMPETING IN OUR TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED SOCIETY, BUT LIMITED FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO COMPETE IN OUR SOCIETY EITHER IN JOB COMPETITION OR IN SOCIAL PROCESSES. THE…
Descriptors: Culture, Curriculum, Dropout Rate, Educational Opportunities
GORDON, EDMUND W. – 1967
THE LITERATURE ON HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SURVEYED TO EVALUATE (1) THE ACCESS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH TO HIGHER EDUCATION, AND (2) THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. THE FINDINGS FROM THE LITERATURE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED UNDER FIVE HEADINGS--(1) CIVIL RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, (2) PROGRAMS AND…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Desegregation Effects
