College Talk and the Rural Economy
Shaping the Educational Aspirations of Rural, First-Generation Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11258446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mara Casey Tieken (0000-0002-3560-9276, Bates College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-223 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0161956x.2016.1151741 |
| OpenAlex | W2318822231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 33 |
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
Economic growth · Economics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Rural area · Rural economy · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Higher Education Research Studies · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Psychology
Undergraduate Students’ Purpose and Persistence in Higher Education
College for All and the Postsecondary Experiences of Rural First-Generation College Students
Assessing the Impact of a Distance-Based Spatial Factor on Retention in the U.S. Colleges
Rural Latinx Students’ Spatial Imaginations of Their College Choices
“Maybe They Don’t Believe in Us”
Reconsidering Rural-Nonrural College Enrollment Gaps
Exploring Tennessee rural student memorable messages about higher education
Shaping choices
Public Narratives and Postsecondary Pursuits
Turning Their Back on Kids”
How Far to Go? Community Influences on Youth Educational Aspirations in Rural, Resource-Dependent Places
Examination of Treatment Progress Among College Students in a University Counseling Program
Rural cultural wealth
The impact of occupational needs for education on education aspirations
A Valley of Aspirations
We’re All Sitting at the Same Table”
Physical Separation, Social Distance, and Kinship Sentiments
English Language Literacy Skills and Academic Achievement of Urban and Rural Secondary Schools
Theorising and contextualising inferiority feelings of female university students from Chinese rural areas
Race, ethnicity, and stratification within the first-generation student experience
Adolescent self‐efficacy and orientation about the future
An ecological view of rural student aspirations
Social Capital and Residential Decision Making Among Rural and Nonrural College Graduates
Formative influences
Exploring senior high school teachers’ awareness and preparedness in supporting first-generation students for higher education
From soil’
The Forgotten Minority
Rural Students in Higher Education
Pathways to Adulthood in Rural America
Proximity, Prosperity, and Participation
We Don't Know How to Do This
Student Debt and Geographic Disadvantage
You're Poor, so You're Not Going to Do Anything
Becoming Academically Eligible
Starting over on Campus or Sustaining Existing Ties? Social Capital during College Among Rural and Non-Rural College Graduates
Minetown, Milltown, Railtown
The One Best System
Children of the Land
Qualitative Research Design
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Does It Pay to Attend an Elite Private College? Cross-Cohort Evidence on the Effects of College Type on Earnings
The returns to individual and college characteristics
Practical Considerations
Towards a rural sociological imagination
No Time to Fool Around with The Wrong Education
Rural Education for the Twenty-First Century
The political economy of rural school consolidation
Remote Possibilities
Minetown, Milltown, Railtown, Life in Canadian Communities of a Single Industry
The subject of neoliberal affects
Educational Sorting and Residential Aspirations Among Rural High School Students
Student Access to Guidance Counseling in High School
Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Postsecondary Educational Attainment Revisited
Family Background, Educational Resources, and Educational Attainment
Qualitative inquiry and research design
Education and the Inequalities of Place
The Role of Social Capital in Educational Aspirations of Rural Youth
Rurality, Institutional Disadvantage, and Achievement/Attainment
Social Capital, Place of Residence, and College Attendance1
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |