Aligning with the NREA's" college and career readiness" research priority, this article
presents a systematic literature review of 134 publications regarding the state of rural …

Past decades have seen an increase in focus on college and career readiness (CCR) policy
and programming to meet the growing demand for a high-skill, global, 21st-century …

The purpose of this preliminary study was to examine the indirect effects of social cognitive
career variables (healthcare career [HC] self-efficacy and outcome expectations) in the …

We investigated environmental supports, an understudied aspect of Social Cognitive Career
Theory (SCCT), with rural Appalachian youth, an understudied population. We developed a …

Understanding the gap between students' aspirations for postsecondary education and their
actual postsecondary attainment is key to understanding and reducing educational and …

Rural Appalachia encompasses a region of the United States represented by unique cultural
strengths and systemic challenges. To meet their students' career and college needs, school …

College preparation is an important topic in the educational attainment of high school
students. Much of the research on college planning focuses on the importance and timing of …

Adolescents are critical to the future of Appalachian communities and must be nurtured,
integrated, and offered opportunities to make their communities better for themselves, for …

The purpose of this Action Research study was to investigate and improve career
development for rural college students in Western New York State. An initial research cycle …

First-generation, Black, male students continue to lag behind their continuing-generation
peers in degree attainment, leaving them deficient in obtaining the social and financial …