College Enrollment and STEM Major Choice in a Rural State

Tran, Que Nguyet; Meyerink, Monte; Aylward, Alexandra; Luo, Fenqjen

doi:10.3776/tpre.2021.v11n1p40-59

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“…A rural student will more likely have to move to another part of the country to attend a selective university, while an urban student might have more options closer to where they reside. If STEM fields are higher paying on average, this might then be a more determinant factor when deciding on a major for rural students (Liao et al, 2013;Crain & Webber, 2021;Tran et al, 2021).…”

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The Rural-Urban Divide in Transitions to Higher Education in Chile

Herskovic,

Silva

2024

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This study uses administrative student data from Chile to explore the transitions of urban and rural students to higher education. We find that urban students are more likely to register to take university entrance exams than rural students. Among those who do take the exams, urban students perform significantly better. Even though both groups of students enroll in higher education in similar proportions, urban students are more likely to enroll in universities, whereas rural students are more likely to enroll in technical education. We also explore differences in major choices for students who enroll in higher education and find that rural students are more likely to enroll in fields related to health, education, and agriculture, while they are less likely to enroll in social sciences or the humanities. Finally, both groups are as likely to choose STEM fields when enrolling in higher education. Our findings suggest that although rural students have similar access to higher education as their urban counterparts, they face different challenges, especially related to standardized tests, which have an impact when choosing which type of higher education institution to enroll in.

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The Rural-Urban Divide in Transitions to Higher Education in Chile

Herskovic,

Silva

2024

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2024

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In response to the economic pressures of globalisation, the Japanese government has sought to internationalise its universities while at the same time attempting to protect Japan's culture. To achieve its goals, namely the increase in the number of international students and the development of human resources, it has initiated a number of top-down, quantitative policies which promote the Internationalisation of Higher Education (IoHE) through an increase in the provision of English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses. This paper provides a critical analysis of the government's approach and how the policies have been implemented by universities. The paper contends that the government's approach has enabled universities, which do not wish to make substantive changes to their curricula, to peripheralise EMI courses. The consequence of this is that the government's current approach of promoting EMI to internationalise Japanese universities is unlikely to achieve its goals.

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Unequal Access to the Mathematics Course Ladder for Rural Students in the Southern States

Lee,

LaHaye

2024

Journal of Advanced Academics

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A lack of access to a sequence of introductory to top-level curricula in rural schools has widened the achievement disparity between rural and urban students and influenced the number of college degree holders in rural areas. Recently, surging diversity and differentiation in income levels across nonurbanized areas can serve as determinants of the development of academically rigorous course pipelines in rural schools. This study examines differentiation in spatial access to the curriculum ladder for rigorous mathematics in three southern U.S. states during the 2017–18 school year: Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Policy variations in these states yield different effects on the sequence of rigorous mathematics courses in rural high schools. Given that the mathematics course pipeline reinforces college access, access to academically challenging courses likely outweighs the rural disadvantages of college readiness in non-urban students and the persistence of inequality in public education.

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College Enrollment and STEM Major Choice in a Rural State

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The Rural-Urban Divide in Transitions to Higher Education in Chile

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Unequal Access to the Mathematics Course Ladder for Rural Students in the Southern States

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