“It’s Like a Small Culture Shock”: How Rural Students Cope with Transitions between Higher Education and Their Hometown

• In Event: Supporting First Year College Students

Abstract

Existing research on rural students in higher education reveals a variety of internal and external conflicts that can arise as students make transitions between their college campus and rural community. This phenomenological study examines how students make meaning of these experiences and cope with the tensions that arise.

Author

• Ashley Stone, Syracuse University