College Talk and the Rural Economy: Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Rural, First-Generation Students

Autor/in	Tieken, Mara Casey
Titel	College Talk and the Rural Economy: Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Rural, First-Generation Students
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 91 (2016) 2, S.203-223 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2016.1151741
Schlagwörter	First Generation College Students; Rural Areas; Rural Education; Academic Aspiration; Rural Economics; Attendance Patterns; Higher Education; Interviews; Observation; Discourse Analysis; School Guidance; School Counseling; School Counselors; Admissions Officers; Counselor Role; Educational Change; Community Organizations; Educational Attitudes; College Bound Students; Liberal Arts; Parent Attitudes; Role of Education; Resistance to Change; Qualitative Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Diskursanalyse; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Bildungsreform; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Elternverhalten; Bildungsauftrag; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	The college-going rates of rural students lag behind those of more urban students, a gap likely due, in part, to rural students' lower educational aspirations. These lower aspirations appear to be tied to the dilemma that higher education presents for many rural students: whether to remain in their rural home, working in traditional trades and industries that do not require a college degree, or to leave in pursuit of an education that is often the first step toward an adult life lived away. This study seeks to better understand this dilemma by examining the messages that rural, first-generation students receive about the value of higher education. Drawing upon interviews and observations, it shows that high school guidance counselors, college admissions officials, and the staff of community-based college aspirations organizations adopt a strikingly consistent message: they cite struggling rural economies in their argument for the necessity of a practical degree for all students, one that can be easily leveraged into a career. Despite noting broad parental support for this message, many participants also describe continued resistance from some rural families, a perception that may heighten the dilemma of rural college-going for students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01