Rurality and Social Trust: Implications for Rural College Access and Postsecondary Choice Sets

• In Event: 47.045 - How Place and Time Shape the College Choice Process

Abstract

This study examines the role that social trust plays in the postsecondary choice sets of rural families. Importantly, this study suggests that the relationship between rural "place" and college choice decisions are complicated by the role of trust - and particularly trust in postsecondary institutions.

Author

• Shannon M. Calderone, Washington State University - Tri Cities