Despite the significant proportions of rural Americans, schools, and public school students
situated in the geographic peripheries of an increasingly urbanizing country, rural education …

JRRE is associated with the Center on Rural Education and Communities at Penn State,
and is a publication of Penn State Libraries Open Publishing. of prospective teachers (Boyd …

The college-going rates of rural students lag behind those of more urban students, a gap
likely due, in part, to rural students' lower educational aspirations. These lower aspirations …

Adolescents' future aspirations and expectations influence the decisions they make as they
transition into adulthood. However, less is known about how specific sociocultural factors …

Our study examines how the relationships with various human ecological systems influence
the transition by rural students from home communities to postsecondary institutions. Using …

Previous research highlights STEM educational inequities within various demographic
groupings. However, little research explores the role of geography in STEM talent …

The popular view of students reared in poverty is that they fall short across a wide range of
domains relative to their more advantaged peers. In this ongoing longitudinal study, we …

Rural youth trail their non‐rural counterparts in college enrollment and attainment,
especially for degrees from selective schools; these gaps further spatial inequality in the …

This article is based on research conducted in a small fishing community in Cyprus. It seeks
to explore through an intergenerational and biographical approach how three generations of …

Positive youth development (PYD) frameworks suggest that a critical response to
investigating the challenges young Black men living in resource poor communities …