College aspirations and access in working-class rural communities : the mixed signals, challenges, and new language first-generation students encounter /

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This book explores how a working-class rural environment influences students' collegiate aspirations and access. Centered on a case study of the concepts of college knowledge and university jargon in rural public high schools, it offers analysis as well as strategies for helping students and co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ardoin, Sonja (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Colección:Social Class in Education
Temas:
Working class > Education (Higher) > United States.
First-generation college students > United States.
Student aspirations > United States.
Academic language > Study and teaching > United States.
Étudiants de première génération > États-Unis.
Langage académique > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
First-generation college students
Student aspirations
Working class > Education (Higher)
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Author's Note ; Introduction. Rural Research Reasoning ; Chapter 1. Rural Representation ; Chapter 2. The College Access Gap for Rural Students ; Chapter 3. Putting the Pieces Together: Connections between a College Choice Model, Cultural Capital, and College Access, Knowledge, and Jargon ; Chapter 4. "More Trouble Than It's Worth or Path to a 'Better Life'?": Rural Attitudes About College ; Chapter 5. "I Know What B.S. Means, Just Not In Those Terms": Rural Students' Encounters With College Knowledge ; Chapter 6. "I Have More to Do Than I Can Possibly Do Well": Rural Counselors' Challenges with College Counseling ; Chapter 7. Aspirations and Access Assignments For Everyone In Education: Strategies For Rural, Public High Schools, Rural Communities, Higher Education, And Policymakers ; References ; Appendices ; A. USDA ERS Nonmetropolitan Map ; B. USDA ERS Changing Metro Status Map ; C. USDA ERS Rural Areas Map ; D. 2015 U.S. Census Data on MapDot ; E. USDA ERS Low Education Counties Map ; F. USDA ERS Persistent Poverty Counties Map ; G. College and University Jargon List ; About the Author.

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