High school students in poor, rural Appalachian areas face several obstacles in attaining a college education. One of those impediments may be their own sense of powerlessness over their academic futures, according to new research published in The Career Development Quarterly journal.
label as economically distressed. They used questionnaires designed to assess the students' confidence in their ability to enroll in and complete college and their perceptions of financial and logistical barriers to a college education.
"Thus, we conclude that volition is not just another way of perceiving [lack of] barrier, but an additional influence on how students feel about the prospect of going to college," the researchers wrote. They caution that many of the survey participants had attended a program designed to change perceptions about college enrollment. However, they were unable to identify those students, nor account for the influence of that intervention.
The findings signal that counselors might consider addressing students' sense of control over their futures when advising them about college, the authors said. Those conversations may help students feel empowered to access meaningful education and careers, they added.Danielle L. Graham et al, Conceptualizing college‐going volition in rural Appalachian high school students,
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