%0 Journal Article
%T Educating Out and Giving Back: AdultsĄŻ Conceptions of Successful Outcomes of African American High School Students from Impoverished Rural Communities
%A Farmer
%A T. W.
%A Dadisman
%A K.
%A Latendresse
%A S. J.
%A Thompson
%A J.
%J Journal of Research in Rural Education
%D 2006
%I Penn State University
%X This study examined community adultsĄŻ conceptions of successful early adult outcomes for rural African American adolescents from 2 low-resource communities in the Deep South. Focus groups were conducted with parents, teachers, and community leaders. Parents also completed semistructured phone interviews. The focus groups identified 2 general types of successful outcomes. One type involved youth leaving their hometowns to attain their educations and establish careers and then reconnecting with the community (i.e., Ą°giving backĄ±). The 2nd type involved youth establishing themselves in the community as employed adults to support themselves and their families. Parents also described a variety of successful outcomes related to education, employment, living arrangements, and family and community involvement. Barriers to success included involvement with drugs and alcohol, peer pressure, and a lack of community-level supports (e.g., jobs, youth programs, extracurricular activities, educational opportunities).
%K rural education
%K rural schools and communities
%K African Americans
%U http://www.umaine.edu/jrre/21-10.htm