Events

Small Town Values: Exploring the Values of Latina College Students from Rural Communities
Ecology of Education featuring Dr. Ashley Stone, Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration

While rural students continue to enroll in higher education at lower rates than their urban and suburban counterparts, their numbers are increasing on college and university campuses and stakeholders are beginning to take note of the potential for this population of students to help meet enrollment challenges. Still, with little research focused on rural students in higher education, it can be challenging to know what motivates those students who do choose to leave their rural community and pursue a degree. Furthermore, this population of students is often misrepresented as a monolith of white working-class students; however, in the state of Texas, where this study was conducted, a majority of K-12 rural students are actually Latinx.

Dr. Stone discusses a multiple-case study which looks at the values of Latina college students from rural communities and how those values had an impact on their choices concerning higher education.