Adjustment and Persistence of Students from an Urban Environment to a Rural Community College

Autor/in	Brown-Weinstock, Paula
Titel	Adjustment and Persistence of Students from an Urban Environment to a Rural Community College
Quelle	(2009), (193 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Syracuse University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-1240-3248-1
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Transportation; Student Adjustment; Rural Environment; College Environment; Urban Schools; Rural Areas; Urban Environment; Focus Groups; Family Programs; Community Colleges; School Holding Power; Student Attitudes; College Administration; College Students; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Verkehrswesen; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Ländliches Milieu; Hochschulumwelt; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Stadtökologie; Family program; Familienprogramm; Community college; Community College; Schülerverhalten; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Collegestudent
Abstract	Although there is considerable research on student adjustment to college, to date no research has been conducted on the urban students' adjustment to a rural college environment. Through the use of focus groups that met three times during the semester, five females and five males from New York City discussed and shared their experience of adjusting to a rural community college environment in upstate New York. The students' explored their perceptions of the rural environment, the barriers and obstacles in their adjustment to and the strategies they used to adjust and persist in the rural college environment. Among the barriers and obstacles faced by the urban students were the lack of public transportation, dealing with racism on and off campus and getting to know students from the local rural area. Successful strategies used to adjust and persist included creating a support system and staying focused on their goals through self-determination and family support. Suggestions are made to faculty, staff and administrators who are working on a rural college campus and find themselves working with a population of students who are from a metropolitan area. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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