The Educational Aspirations/Attainment Gap among Rural Alaska Native Students

Autor/inn/en	Doyle, Aaron; Kleinfeld, Judith; Reyes, Maria
Titel	The Educational Aspirations/Attainment Gap among Rural Alaska Native Students
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 30 (2009) 3, S.25-33 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Alaska Natives; American Indian Education; Academic Aspiration; North Americans; Rural Education; Educational Attainment; Indigenous Populations; Employment; Outcomes of Education; Graduates; Student Attitudes; High School Seniors; Educational Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Inuit; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sinti und Roma; Dienstverhältnis; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Schülerverhalten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	Indigenous students in rural Alaska hold high educational aspirations and yet few students realize their educational goals (Hamilton & Seyfrit, 1993; Kleinfeld & McDiarmid, 1986; McDiarmid & Kleinfeld, 1981). Our purpose in this study was to understand why so many Alaska Native students from small, isolated communities "drift" after high school, neither entering the postsecondary programs they aspire to, nor engaging in paid work. The contribution of this study is to clarify the reasons for the "educational aspirations-achievement gap," in other words, why so many Alaska Native rural students have high educational expectations, and yet remain directionless in adult life. This is an issue on which virtually no research has been done. This paper also suggests ways that rural schools and postsecondary institutions can assist Alaska Native students in obtaining the postsecondary education to which they aspire. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. Rural Educator, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 453002, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3002. Tel: 702-895-3478; Fax: 702-895-3492; e-mail: ruraleducator@ccmail.nevada.edu; Web site: http://www.unlv.edu/journals/ruraleducator/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10