TY  - UNPB
TI  - Challenges Faced by Rural Students Attending Urban Higher Education - A comparative analysis between Northwestern Europe and the USA
M1  - bachelor
ID  - theses_frw4298
EP  - 52
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4298/
N2  - This paper investigates the relationship between the geographic proximity of rural
communities to urban communities and the challenges faced by rural students attending urban
higher level education. To do so, a comparison has been done between the USA and
Northwestern Europe. The Netherlands and Germany act as samples for the larger region of
Northwestern Europe.
A literature review was conducted in order to establish which challenges rural students in
the USA face when attending urban higher education. Through a quantitative analysis it was
found that rural students in Northwestern Europe do not face the same challenges that rural
students in the USA do. This was partially explained by conducting a geospatial analysis in
which the percentage of land area and population which is proximate to urban regions was
compared between the USA and The Netherlands.
A discussion of the limitations of the current study and potential directions for further
study are included in the penultimate section of this paper.
A1  - Degano, Giacomo
AV  - public
Y1  - 2023///
ER  -