Roots and STEMS? Examining Field of Study Choices among Northern and Rural Youth in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Hango, Darcy; Zarifa, David; Pizarro Milian, Roger; Seward, Brad
Titel	Roots and STEMS? Examining Field of Study Choices among Northern and Rural Youth in Canada
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 3, S.563-593 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pizarro Milian, Roger)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1643308
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Geographic Location; Rural Areas; STEM Education; Geographic Regions; Access to Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary School Students; Barriers; Socioeconomic Influences; College Attendance; High School Graduates; Individual Characteristics; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; STEM; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Sekundarschüler; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kanada
Abstract	Despite several decades of postsecondary expansion, new research finds youth from northern and rural areas in Canada still experience difficulties making the transition to postsecondary education, and those who do attend take longer to do so. Proximity, we argue, may also have a considerable impact on one's field selection, as many of Canada's larger universities and colleges, who offer considerably more program and degree options, tend to be concentrated in large, urban centers, and in the southern regions of Canada's provinces. This study draws on Cycles 1-4 of Statistics Canada's Youth in Transition Survey -- Cohort A to examine regional inequalities in accessing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-related fields at both the university and non-university levels. Indeed, our findings suggest that location of residence does impact field choices, as students from northern and rural areas were less likely to enter STEM as well as non-STEM, university programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01