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Tieken, Mara Casey – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
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…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Academic Aspiration