Increasing College-Going Rate, Parent Involvement, and Community Participation in Rural Communities

Autor/in	King, Stephanie B.
Titel	Increasing College-Going Rate, Parent Involvement, and Community Participation in Rural Communities
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 33 (2012) 2, S.20-26 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Community Involvement; Counties; Workshops; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; College Attendance; College Preparation; High School Students; Influences; College Entrance Examinations; Family Programs; Mentors; Academic Aspiration; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Aufnahmeprüfung; Family program; Familienprogramm
Abstract	This study examined the perceptions of leaders of grant-supported projects aimed at increasing the college-going rate of high school students in rural Appalachian counties in Mississippi to determine which factors they felt most influenced the college-going rate, parental participation in school activities, and community participation. Analysis of the leaders' responses to questions related to these items showed that college visits and ACT preparation workshops were perceived as having the greatest impact on increasing the college-going rate at the schools. No one factor was perceived as having the least impact on increasing the college-going rate at the schools. Factors influencing parental and community participation included events and workshops for parents, especially those which involved community members as mentors. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. Web site: http://www.nrea.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10