Persistence of Adult Learners in an External Doctoral Degree Program |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Theoretical Significance of This Study | 12 |
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE | 18 |
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academic adult learners attrition studies Benkin Chi-Square Results Cluster Variables commitment completion deciding to enroll decision theory decisional decrease Delaney demographic Dissertation Abstracts International dissertation committee doctoral candidates Doctoral dissertation doctoral level attrition doctoral students doctorate Doctoral dropouts ENROLLED in Fielding enrollment decision enrollment outcome experienced external degree doctoral external doctoral degree factors fear of success Fesale Fielding Institute Fielding students findings graduation rate helpful HOD graduates HOD majors Hypothesis Janis & Mann Janis and Mann knowledge area lapsed logistic regression procedure Lunneborg major field majors ranked Mann's motivation nonpersisters perceived support persistence decision persisting to graduation postdecisional regret predictive preenrollment prior degree priorities/commitments program director progress Psychology graduates Psychology majors questionnaire questions rate of persisting relationship respondents Results for Crosstabulations significant for enrollment significantly higher rate significantly related spouse/significant stepwise logistic regression Table undergraduate University Valentine Variables With Chi-Square