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Exploring The Views Of Rural Colorado High School Students About College, Kathleen Mcmahon Klug
Exploring The Views Of Rural Colorado High School Students About College, Kathleen Mcmahon Klug
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Exploring the views of rural high school students about college has significant implications for the question: "Why are Colorado's kids not choosing college in greater numbers?" Since the State of Colorado has one of the most highly educated adult populations in the nation, yet consistently underperforms in sending its high school students to college this dissertation is topical in presenting the opinions and perceptions of 1,012 rural high school students.
By including the voices of rural Colorado students through a survey, by investigating what the students are thinking and feeling about their future, and by learning what their level of …