The purpose of this report is to summarize a 13-state survey on educational barriers confronting rural adults, actions needed to provide adequate educational opportunities for rural adults, and public policies needed to reduce barriers to education and/or improve educational opportunities for rural adults. Separate papers on the three major foci have been prepared and presented elsewhere (Easton, 1988, 1989a, 1989b)
The purpose for conducting the study was to examine factors related to rural low-income, first gener...
13 pages.Volume 1: Problem, Study Design and Procedures, Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Research has suggested that rural youth have lower educational and occupational aspirations than the...
Representatives of six Appalachian states and cr: various relevant constituencies identified barrier...
This paper describes the results of an investigation of situational, in~titutio~al, and dispositiona...
Contrasted with other fields in American education, rural adult education is still an emerging disci...
Approximately one-fourth of those involved in adult learning live in rural areas
This study examined barriers facing rural schools in serving students at-risk and the perceptions of...
Early studies of rural adult learners suggested that most rural adults were interested only in recre...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of several individual and contextual differenc...
Access restricted to the OSU CommunityThe purpose for conducting the study was to examine factors re...
The retention of adult learners in rural educational settings throughout the United States is challe...
This study examines the rural-urban post-secondary education participation gap in Canada. Using da...
Today's rural leaders are becoming increasingly attuned to the fact that high achieving schools and ...
Graduation date: 2011This qualitative study seeks to gain knowledge about the motives and barriers o...
The purpose for conducting the study was to examine factors related to rural low-income, first gener...
13 pages.Volume 1: Problem, Study Design and Procedures, Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Research has suggested that rural youth have lower educational and occupational aspirations than the...
Representatives of six Appalachian states and cr: various relevant constituencies identified barrier...
This paper describes the results of an investigation of situational, in~titutio~al, and dispositiona...
Contrasted with other fields in American education, rural adult education is still an emerging disci...
Approximately one-fourth of those involved in adult learning live in rural areas
This study examined barriers facing rural schools in serving students at-risk and the perceptions of...
Early studies of rural adult learners suggested that most rural adults were interested only in recre...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of several individual and contextual differenc...
Access restricted to the OSU CommunityThe purpose for conducting the study was to examine factors re...
The retention of adult learners in rural educational settings throughout the United States is challe...
This study examines the rural-urban post-secondary education participation gap in Canada. Using da...
Today's rural leaders are becoming increasingly attuned to the fact that high achieving schools and ...
Graduation date: 2011This qualitative study seeks to gain knowledge about the motives and barriers o...
The purpose for conducting the study was to examine factors related to rural low-income, first gener...
13 pages.Volume 1: Problem, Study Design and Procedures, Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Research has suggested that rural youth have lower educational and occupational aspirations than the...