College Aspirations and Access in Working-Class Rural Communities

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College Aspirations and Access in Working Class Rural Communities: The Mixed Signals, Challenges, and New Language First Generation Students Encounter explores how a working class, rural environment influences rural students' collegiate aspirations and ability to access higher education. Based on a case study and accounts from rural high school students and counselors, this book focuses on the concepts of college knowledge and university jargon and the challenges of academic language, illustrating the gap between rural cultural capital and higher education cultural capital. It provides insight into how rural communities perceive college, the college access challenges faced by both rural students and their high school counselors, and potential approaches to bridge the gap created by college knowledge and university jargon. In addition to analysis, this book offers strategies that both secondary and higher education institutions can implement to offer rural students additional information and assistance in learning academic language and pursuing higher education.