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Attachment and Aspiration: What Influences Rural Youths' Educational and Residential Plans? [electronic resource] : White Paper / Caitlin Howley and Kimberly Hambrick.

Building on recent research, ICF sought to explore how socioeconomic status and attachment to place influence rural youths' educational and residential preferences across a wider geographic region. Our research questions included: What are rural high school students' educational and reside...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors: Howley, Caitlin, Hambrick, Kimberly (Author)
Corporate Author: ICF International (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2011.
Subjects:
High Schools.
Second Language Learning.
Geographic Regions.
Rural Areas.
Attachment Behavior.
Socioeconomic Status.
Academic Aspiration.
Place of Residence.
High School Students.
School Districts.
English (Second Language)
Influences.
Gender Differences.
Grades (Scholastic)
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Summary:Building on recent research, ICF sought to explore how socioeconomic status and attachment to place influence rural youths' educational and residential preferences across a wider geographic region. Our research questions included: What are rural high school students' educational and residential plans? And what factors influence rural youths' plans for adulthood? This white paper summarizes ICF's findings using the National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data. First we identified districts with locale codes of 41 (rural fringe), 42 (rural distant), and 43 (rural remote) in eight states: Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia. Because we also examined the experiences of rural English Language Learners (ELL), we then selected and identified rural districts with ELL growth rates of 100 percent or higher between 2000-2001 and 2007-2008. Finally, we identified high schools within selected districts, for a total of 612 high schools. (Contains 2 figures, 2 tables, and 12 footnotes.)
Item Description:Availability: ICF International. 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031. Tel: 800-532-4783; Tel: 703-934-3603; Fax: 703-934-3740; e-mail: info@icfi.com; Web site: http://www.icfi.com.
Abstractor: As Provided.
Educational level discussed: High Schools.
Physical Description:6 p.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:Text (Reports, Research)
Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:ICF International.

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