Narrowed Gaps and Persistent Challenges: Examining Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Postsecondary Outcomes over Time
Narrowed Gaps and Persistent Challenges: Examining Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Postsecondary Outcomes over Time
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DOI：
10.1086/705498
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发表时间：
2019-11-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Kimball, Ezekiel
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作者：
Wells, Ryan S.;Manly, Catherine A.;Kimball, Ezekiel
实证研究得出的结论是，与非农村学生相比，农村学生的大学入学率和学位完成率较低，但这一文献需要扩展和更新，以适应不断变化的环境。本文探讨了学生高等教育轨迹、影响和结果方面的农村与非农村差异。通过将结果与使用类似国家数据和相同设计的过去研究进行比较，我们能够检查随时间的变化。结果显示，从 20 世纪 90 年代到 2000 年代，差距有所缩小，但农村学生仍然面临持续的挑战，平均大学入学率和学位完成率较低。
Empirical studies have concluded that rural students experience lower rates of college enrollment and degree completion compared to their nonrural peers, but this literature needs to be expanded and updated for a continually changing context. This article examines the rural-nonrural disparities in students' postsecondary trajectories, influences, and outcomes. By comparing results to past research using similar national data and an identical design, we are able to examine change over time. Results show narrowed gaps from the 1990s into the 2000s, but with rural students still facing persistent challenges and experiencing lower average rates of college enrollment and degree completion.