UID:
almahu_9949386948302882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781003080268
,
100308026X
,
9781000372540
,
1000372545
,
9781000372519
,
1000372510
Content:
"This book provides solutions to the vexing educational challenges that rural communities face and serves as a how-to guide for building college and career readiness within rural schools. Rural America's Pathways to College and Career shares practical tips that can be used by educators and community members to transform rural schools, help students develop essential skills, locate and train college- and career-ready advisors, establish business partnerships, build college readiness, leverage technology, build interest in STEM careers, and understand how to pay for college. Based on research and drawing on best-practice and poignant stories, Dalton shares examples of success and challenges from interviews conducted with over 200 individuals who have participated in programs across the country. By helping rural youth learn about the opportunities available and by providing them with the support they need to succeed, this book serves as an actionable guide to helping students in rural schools attain postsecondary school success"--
Note:
1. Rural America today -- 2. Building successful rural schools : beating the odds -- 3. The essential skills : building blocks of college and career readiness -- 4. College- and career-readiness advisors : navigators to a new world -- 5. Business collaboration and job readiness : how to find, launch, and retain partnerships -- 6. Building readiness for college -- 7. Leveraging technology : expanding rural opportunities / Jon Reidel -- 8. Staying in college : solving rural America's dropout crisis -- 9. Building STEM interest, awareness, and readiness : the future is now -- 10. Paying for college : there's help out there -- Conclusion : the way forward.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Dalton, Rick. Rural America's pathways to college and career New York : Routledge, 2021. ISBN 9780367528508
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003080268
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003080268
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