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Peer reviewedShaw, Peter; Larson, Ann – Australian journal of Career Development, 2003
Factors influencing career behavior of rural Australian secondary students from a regional center (n=218) and outer metropolitan school (n=89) were studied. College aspirations were similar. Parent encouragement, garde expectations, and relevance of college to employment were inhibitors or encouragers dependent on local culture. (Contains 47…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation
Peer reviewedDurey, Angela; McNamara, Beverley; Larson, Ann – Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2003
Barriers to health care careers for rural Western Australian students were examined through interviews with 209 students from 15 secondary schools, 62 parents and grandparents, 76 teachers, and 4 Aboriginal and Islander education officers. Students were constrained by isolation, cost, stereotypes, insufficient information about the diversity of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Isolation
