Keywords
rural students, educational motivation, college choice, college knowledge
Abstract
Rural students face inequitable access to educational opportunities when compared to their suburban and urban counterparts (Koricich et al., 2018; Ovink et al., 2018), and their postsecondary experiences and outcomes remain understudied. Research on the role of college knowledge in the persistence of this educational inequity is particularly scarce. Using a non-experimental survey design, the present study seeks to understand the effect of rural students’ college knowledge on their postsecondary intentions. We use surveys completed by rural high school seniors and logistic regression to analyze the relationship between students’ college knowledge, their motivation, and their postsecondary plans. Our findings show a relationship between college knowledge and rural students’ plans to attend a four-year college.
Recommended Citation
Rutt Williams, Sarah; Ampaw, Frimpomaa; Duke, Skylar R.; and Hornak, Anne M.
(2024)
"Bounded by Place: Rural Students, College Knowledge, Educational Motivation, and College Going,"
Mid-Western Educational Researcher: Vol. 36:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/mwer/vol36/iss1/11
