College aspirations and access in working-class rural communities : the mixed signals, challenges, and new language first-generation students encounter / Sonja Ardoin.
| Author/creator | Ardoin, Sonja author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018] |
| Description | xxix, 125 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Social class in education |
| Contents | Rural representation -- The college access gap for rural students -- Putting the pieces together: connections between a college choice model, cultural capital, and college access, knowledge, and jargon -- "More trouble than it's worth or a path to a 'better life'?": rural attitudes about college -- "I know what B.S. means, just not in those terms": rural students' encounters with college knowledge -- "I have more to do than I can possible do well": rural counselors' challenges with college counseling -- Aspirations and access assignments for everyone in education: strategies for rural, public high schools, rural communities, higher education, and policymakers -- Appendix A: Metro, nonmetro micropolitan, and nonmetro noncore counties, 2013 -- Appendix B. Counties changing metro status, 2003-2013 -- Appendix C: U.S. Census Bureau's urban and rural areas, 2012 -- Appendix D. 2015 Census Data for MapDot, USA -- Appendix E. Low education counties, 2015 edition -- Appendix F. Persistent poverty counties, 2015 edition -- Appendix G: College and university jargon/terms. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Ardoin, Sonja, author. College aspirations and access in working-class rural communities Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] 9781498536875 |
| LCCN | 2017044049 |
| ISBN | 9781498536868 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1498536867 hardcover alkaline paper |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | LC5051 .A76 2018 | Due 08/28/2026 | Want This? |