From Country to Concrete: Motivators for Rural Students Choosing an Urban University

Abstract:While rural students enter higher education at lower rates than their urban and suburban counterparts, an even smaller number of rural students make the active choice to leave their community and pursue a postsecondary degree in an urban setting. As part of a larger phenomenological study, this article explored the motivating factors for rural students who chose to attend an urban university and how the rural students understood the role of their rural community in their decision to attend an urban institution.