Sonja Ardoin

College Aspirations and Access in Working-Class Rural Communities

The Mixed Signals, Challenges, and New Language First-Generation Students Encounter

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how a working-class rural environment influences students' collegiate aspirations and access. Centered on a case study of the concepts of college knowledge and university jargon in rural public high schools, it offers analysis as well as strategies for helping students and counselors learn academic language.

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Produktdetails

• Social Class in Education
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781498536868
• ISBN-10: 1498536867
• Artikelnr.: 49559662

Autorenporträt

Sonja Ardoin is program director and clinical assistant professor of higher education at Boston University. 

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Author's Note Introduction. Rural
Research Reasoning Chapter 1. Rural Representation Chapter 2. The College
Access Gap for Rural Students Chapter 3. Putting the Pieces Together:
Connections between a College Choice Model, Cultural Capital, and College
Access, Knowledge, and Jargon Chapter 4. "More Trouble Than It's Worth or
Path to a 'Better Life'?": Rural Attitudes About College Chapter 5. "I Know
What B.S. Means, Just Not In Those Terms": Rural Students' Encounters With
College Knowledge Chapter 6. "I Have More to Do Than I Can Possibly Do
Well": Rural Counselors' Challenges with College Counseling Chapter 7.
Aspirations and Access Assignments For Everyone In Education: Strategies
For Rural, Public High Schools, Rural Communities, Higher Education, And
Policymakers References Appendices A. USDA ERS Nonmetropolitan Map B. USDA
ERS Changing Metro Status Map C. USDA ERS Rural Areas Map D. 2015 U.S.
Census Data on MapDot E. USDA ERS Low Education Counties Map F. USDA ERS
Persistent Poverty Counties Map G. College and University Jargon List About
the Author