Education in Chronically Poor Rural Areas Lags across Generations. Issue Brief Number 24

Autor/in	Ulrich, Jessica D.
Institution	University of New Hampshire, Carsey Institute
Titel	Education in Chronically Poor Rural Areas Lags across Generations. Issue Brief Number 24
Quelle	(2011), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Attainment; Rural Areas; Economically Disadvantaged; Adults; Educational Quality; Investment; Regional Characteristics; Differences; Community Characteristics; Educational Environment; Comparative Analysis; Parent Background; Trend Analysis; Telephone Surveys; Rural Economics; Rural Education; Rural Population; Poverty Areas; Disadvantaged Environment; Educational Background; Alabama; Alaska; Colorado; Kansas; Kentucky; Maine; Michigan; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Regionaler Faktor; Unterscheiden; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Elternhaus; Trendanalyse; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Landbevölkerung; Vorbildung
Abstract	As part of the Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA) initiative, the Carsey Institute has been investigating broad trends between rural community types, including the education level of residents and their parents. Since 2007, Carsey researchers have conducted over 17,000 telephone surveys with randomly selected adult Americans from twelve diverse rural locations to ask about both their own and their parents' educational attainment, as well as their perceptions of school quality in their communities. Survey results conclude that educational achievement varies significantly by type of place in rural America. In chronically poor rural areas, 45 percent of residents have completed only high school or less, compared with 22 to 33 percent in amenity-rich, amenity-transition, and declining resource-dependent rural areas. Although people from all types of rural communities generally have more education than their parents, those in chronically poor rural areas still have relatively low education levels--a disadvantage that persists across generations. This brief highlights the need to invest in the educational systems of chronically poor rural areas where generations of underinvestment have contributed to persistent poverty. (Contains 3 figures and 8 endnotes.) [This work was supported by the Neil and Louise Tillotson Foundation.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Carsey Institute. University of New Hampshire, 73 Main Street, Huddleston Hall, Durham, NH 03824. Tel: 603-862-2821; Fax: 603-862-3878; e-mail: carsey.institute@unh.edu; Web site: http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10