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The Human Factors Which Acted As A Driving Force For Inspiring Impoverished, Rural Students To Successfully Pursue Post-Secondary Educational Opportunity, Adam Lucas May 2019

The Human Factors Which Acted As A Driving Force For Inspiring Impoverished, Rural Students To Successfully Pursue Post-Secondary Educational Opportunity, Adam Lucas

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THE HUMAN FACTORS WHICH ACTED AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR INSPIRING IMPOVERISHED, RURAL STUDENTS TO SUCCESSFULLY PURSUE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

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Adam E. Lucas

This qualitative study explored how students from rural poverty were able to find the motivation from an adult-role model to pursue post-secondary academic opportunity. This study used an open-ended questionnaire to elicit responses from four recent high school graduates who are currently enrolled in a post-secondary academic institution. The questionnaire asked the student participants to identify a specific adult individual, as well as the attributes about this individual that acted as motivation to successfully …