"You Can't Belong Anywhere Else": Postsecondary Aspirations of Rural Students in the Postwar Era

Autor/in	Gelber, Scott
Titel	"You Can't Belong Anywhere Else": Postsecondary Aspirations of Rural Students in the Postwar Era
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 123 (2017) 3, S.393-411 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
DOI	10.1086/691227
Schlagwörter	Rural Youth; High School Students; Academic Achievement; Postsecondary Education; Academic Aspiration; Higher Education; Rural Schools; Cultural Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulleistung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	This article employs historical analysis of a unique collection of essays to examine the college aspirations of rural high school students. Although researchers attribute the low educational attainment of this population mainly to poverty and poor school quality, many scholars continue to believe that historically rooted cultural norms and kinship bonds also inhibit ambitions regarding higher education. However, statements written during the 1950s by students in isolated rural districts not only indicate a level of enthusiasm for higher education that matched the national average but also rarely note parental discouragement or conflicting cultural impulses. At the start of the greatest enrollment surge in American history, rural high school students reconciled their college ambitions with the desire to serve their families and communities--a tendency that suggests cultural barriers to college access ranked far below financial, informational, and academic impediments. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01