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Rural Community Colleges as a Student Choice
Author(s) -
Strawn Rachel Mayes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20371
Subject(s) - community college , rural community , postsecondary education , chose , pedagogy , rural area , mathematics education , higher education , psychology , medical education , sociology , political science , medicine , socioeconomics , law
This chapter presents results from a study exploring the experiences of rural high school graduates and the influences on their reasons for attending postsecondary education. In particular, the results presented here are a compilation of several rural students who intentionally chose to attend a local community college.