STEM Pathways of Rural and Small-Town Students: Opportunities to Learn, Aspirations, Preparation, and College Enrollment

Autor/inn/en	Saw, Guan K.; Agger, Charlotte A.
Titel	STEM Pathways of Rural and Small-Town Students: Opportunities to Learn, Aspirations, Preparation, and College Enrollment
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 50 (2021) 9, S.595-606 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Saw, Guan K.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X211027528
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Career Pathways; Rural Areas; Municipalities; Occupational Aspiration; College Attendance; Enrollment; College Preparation; Educational Opportunities; Advanced Courses; Extracurricular Activities; Disadvantaged Schools; Geographic Location; Disproportionate Representation; Achievement Gap; High School Students; Adolescents; Suburbs; Postsecondary Education; Longitudinal Studies; Student Characteristics; High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Magistrat; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Einschulung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Fortgeschrittenenunterricht; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Einzugsbereich; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Using the nationally representative High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), this study documents that rural and small-town students were significantly less likely to enroll in postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) degree programs, compared with their suburban peers. This study also shows that schools attended by rural and small-town students offered limited access to advanced coursework and extracurricular programs in STEM and had lower STEM teaching capacity. Those opportunities to learn in STEM were linked to the widening geographic gaps in STEM academic preparation. Overall, our findings suggest that during high school rural and small-town students shifted away from STEM fields and that geographic disparities in postsecondary STEM participation were largely explained by students' demographics and precollege STEM career aspirations and academic preparation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01