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College aspirations and access in working-class rural communities : the mixed signals, challenges, and new language first-generation students encounter / Sonja Ardoin

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Ardoin, Sonja
Published
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
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1 online resource (xxix, 125 pages).
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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.
Summary
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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ISBN
9781498536875 (electronic bk.)
1498536875 (electronic bk.)
9781498536868 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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