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Rural representation -- The college access gap for rural students -- Putting the pieces together: connections between a college choice model, cultural capital, and college access, knowledge, and jargon -- "More trouble than it's worth or a path to a 'better life'?": rural attitudes about college -- "I know what B.S. means, just not in those terms": rural students' encounters with college knowledge -- "I have more to do than I can possible do well": rural counselors' challenges with college counseling -- Aspirations and access assignments for everyone in education: strategies for rural, public high schools, rural communities, higher education, and policymakers -- Appendix A: Metro, nonmetro micropolitan, and nonmetro noncore counties, 2013 -- Appendix B. Counties changing metro status, 2003-2013 -- Appendix C: U.S. Census Bureau's urban and rural areas, 2012 -- Appendix D. 2015 Census Data for MapDot, USA -- Appendix E. Low education counties, 2015 edition -- Appendix F. Persistent poverty counties, 2015 edition -- Appendix G: College and university jargon/terms. |
