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