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High Academically Achieving Rural High School Students' Perceptions of the Influences on Their College Choice Decisions.

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Title/Author:	High Academically Achieving Rural High School Students' Perceptions of the Influences on Their College Choice Decisions./
Author:	Barr, Denny Hayes.
Description:	1 online resource (253 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-10A(E).
Subject:	Higher education. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780438046214

High Academically Achieving Rural High School Students' Perceptions of the Influences on Their College Choice Decisions.
Barr, Denny Hayes.

High Academically Achieving Rural High School Students' Perceptions of the Influences on Their College Choice Decisions. - 1 online resource (253 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

Research on college choice decisions of high school students has increased over the past forty years but has generally centered on demographic characteristics such as race, gender, or socio-economic status of students. There has been little research on the influences on the college choice decisions of high academically achieving students from rural areas. Nationally, 27% of rural high school students attend four-year colleges, compared to 37% of students who come from urban or suburban areas. In addition, 73% of students choose to attend college within their home state. However, preliminary data from one rural school system in North Carolina showed that over a two-year period, 96.45% of students who attend high school in that county school system remained in the state of North Carolina for college. This data implies that rural high school students remain in state for college at a higher rate than students from urban and suburban areas and do not seek admission to highly prestigious colleges around the United States to which they may be attractive candidates for admission.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780438046214Subjects--Topical Terms:

1148448
Higher education.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
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