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Socioeconomic Influences on the Educational and Career Paths of Kentucky High School Seniors [electronic resource] / Philip R. Rever and Others.

The report is a response to Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority's concern about limiting factors which constrain students' choices of paths to follow after leaving high school, specifically unacceptable factors that prohibit students (1) from pursuing postsecondary education and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Rever, Philip R.
Corporate Authors: Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, American College Testing Program
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973.
Subjects:
Academic Achievement.
Academic Aspiration.
Career Choice.
Career Planning.
College Choice.
Decision Making.
Economic Factors.
Educational Background.
Educational Opportunities.
Factor Analysis.
Family Influence.
High School Students.
Performance Factors.
Postsecondary Education.
Secondary School Curriculum.
Social Influences.
Socioeconomic Influences.
Student Characteristics.
Surveys.
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Summary:The report is a response to Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority's concern about limiting factors which constrain students' choices of paths to follow after leaving high school, specifically unacceptable factors that prohibit students (1) from pursuing postsecondary education and (2) from entering postsecondary institutions of their choice. Not causal factors, limiting variables simply place some boundaries on students' educational and career futures. Information about the educational background, future plans, parental economic status, and other factors which influence students' decisions was gathered through an American College Testing Program (ACT) 121-item questionnaire administered to a 10 percent random sample of Kentucky high school juniors and seniors in 1973. The results of the survey data analysis are reported and discussed with reference to each of the two types of decisions. The decision to enter postsecondary education was found to be related to: students' high school curriculum program, their high school average, their expected postsecondary education cost, and their family's annual income. The many findings concerning relationships of factors limiting the institution-choice decision include the discovery of wide disparities between expected and actual costs of postsecondary education, and between expected and computed parental contribution. (AJ)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED115832.
ERIC Note: Not available in hard copy due to marginal reproducibility.
Physical Description:83 p.

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