Rural Appalachian Youth’s Vocational/Educational Postsecondary Aspirations

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The Career Aspirations of Rural Appalachian High School Students (2009, methodology): “Past research (Ali & McWhirter, 2006) suggested these students may set goals to enter the workforce in a low wage job that do not provide the opportunity for further education and advancement.”
Measuring Perceived Teacher Support and Its Influence on Adolescent Career Development (2008, background): “Finally, Ali and McWhirter (2006) found significant relationships between teacher support and vocational/educational selfefficacy, work outcome expectations, and likelihood of encountering barriers to post secondary education in a sample of Appalachia region high school students.”
The State of SCCT Research in Relation to Social Class (2017, background): “In one of these studies, Ali and McWhirter (2006) investigated the contributions of SES (based on parental occupation and education) to decisions to pursue vocational technical school work after high school and found that low-SES and other SCCT variables (i.e., low college outcome expectations, low…”
Perceived Social Status and Learning Experiences in Social Cognitive Career Theory. (2012, background): “Lower SES has been demonstrated to predict lower career aspirations for diverse adolescents and postsecondary students (e.g., Ali & McWhirter, 2006; Ali & Saunders, 2009).”