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Direct linkvan Rhijn, Tricia; Lero, Donna S.; Burke, Taniesha – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2016
This study explored the factors that motivate student parents to pursue post-secondary education. Student parents at four Canadian universities (n = 398) completed open-ended questions on their reasons for attending school in an online survey. Using Possible Selves Theory as a lens, we conducted a directed content analysis and found that student…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Academic Aspiration, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation
Andoh, Paul K.; Bosiakoh, Thomas Antwi; Afranie, Stephen – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
This paper examines science education for girls in Achimota School, a second cycle institution in Accra, in terms of their motivations for pursuing science and future aspirations. It explores parental backgrounds and how they impacted on the motivations and aspirations of the girls. The survey method was adopted in this study, which involved a…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
Peer reviewedMacDermott, Kristine G.; And Others – Journal of College Admissions, 1987
Examined first and second generation college attenders and their parents, approaching the college selection process. Students and parents completed questionnaires on attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and attributes. Parents who did not attend college emphasized cost, academic reputation, and personal attention; their offspring, social activities.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Choice, Decision Making
Download full textPennock-Roman, Maria – 1994
Background characteristics and future plans of average and above average Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General test takers are described for the various racial and ethnic groups. Characteristics included: (1) percentage of females; (2) undergraduate college major and grades; (3) intended field of graduate study; (4) graduate degree objective;…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Students, Educational Background, Educational Planning
Rich, Dorothy – 1997
This handbook provides advice to help parents, caregivers, and teachers arrive at personal answers to basic questions that affect children's achievement. The handbook is intended as a personal notebook in which are recorded reader responses to the home/school problems raised in the book "What Do We Say? What Do We Do?" The sections are:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Children
Kopka, Teresita L. Chan; Peng, Samuel S. – 1993
A survey of educational activities of adults in the United States was a component of the 1991 National Household Education Survey, a telephone survey of 12,568 adults. This survey found that 32 percent of adults, defined as persons aged 17 and over, were enrolled in a part-time educational activity over a 12-month period in 1990-91. Eleven percent…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Blacks, Educational Background
