Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ480490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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To Go or Not to Go: Rural African American Students' Perspectives about Their Education.
Jeffries, Rhonda Baynes
Journal of Negro Education, v62 n4 p427-32 Fall 1993
Interviews with four African-American recent high school students in a predominantly black rural North Carolina town focus on the individual's perceptions of society with regard to definitions and decisions about education. It is evident that school is regarded differently by those who graduate and those who drop out. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Beliefs, Black Family, Black Students, Dropouts, Educational Attainment, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Interviews, Racial Differences, Rural Areas, School Responsibility, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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