Appalachian Access and Success Study, 1992
Preferred Citation
Tim Crowther, Dewey Lykins, and Karen Spohn, ÒReport of the Appalachian Access and Success Project to the Ohio Board of Regents,Ó Athens/Portsmouth: Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development, Ohio University/Shawnee State University, 1992.
Due to the size of the Appalachian Access and Success study, the document has been divided into multiple PDF files (see below) for easier download. If you do not wish to download the entire Access and Success study, we recommend you start with the studyÕs Executive Summary (11KB) and/or the December 1992 Research Updates overview (309 KB) by the Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development at Ohio University.
- Errata
- Acknowledgements
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Overview
- The Access and Success Project
- Factors Influencing participation in higher education
- Report Framework
- Methodology and data sources
- I. HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
- Individual influences
- Aspirations and expectations
- Academic achievement and self-esteem
- Familial Influences
- Family as encourager/promoter
- Family as resource provider
- Family as role models
- Institutional Influences
- Personnel as informational resources
- Personnel as encouragers/promoter
- Major barriers and influences
- II. FAMILIAL INFLUENCES
- Encouragers and promoters of higher education
- Resource providers
- Role models
- Barriers
- III. INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES
- The influence of school personnel
- Information resources
- Encouragers and promoters of higher education
- IV. NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS
- Demographic change
- Research on nontraditional students
- Survey analysis
- IndividualsÕ attributes and motivations
- Familial influences
- Institutional influences
- Barriers and influences
- V. REGIONAL INFLUENCES
- A. Economic influences
- Economic influences on educational access
- The economy of Ohio Appalachia
- B. Demographic influences
- Demographic influences on educational access
- Regional demographic characteristics
- APPENDIX
- I. List of consortium members
- II. Survey results summary tables
- III. Other tables
- IV. List of schools, colleges, and school districts surveyed
- V. Survey Instruments
- VI. Samples of access programs currently in use
- Bibliography