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Enrollment Motivations of Nontraditional Female Students in Post Secondary Education

Schuck, Emily
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1176899577

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2007, Masters in Education, Marietta College, Education.
My mom goes to college. This statement is becoming a popular answer for many children who are asked what their mothers do for a living. Today, women make up 56% of the undergraduate student population in post-secondary education settings. A growing subculture of this population is the adult female student who is enrolling in higher education for the first time. The number of adult female students in college has steadily increased to approximately 2,385,000 students in 2005. Colleges today need to identify and respond to the unique enrollment motivations of this population. This qualitative study examined the experience of one non-traditional female student’s enrollment into a small liberal arts college in 1988. The study explored the questions of why she decided to enroll and what motivational factors contributed to that decision. The results of this study identified characteristics which deviated from those found in current research. The motivational forces of the subject were found to be more intrinsic then extrinsic in nature.
William Bauer (Advisor)
50 p.
Education, Higher
Enrollment; Nontraditional Female Student; Post Secondary Education; Motivations

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  • Schuck, E. (2007). Enrollment Motivations of Nontraditional Female Students in Post Secondary Education [Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1176899577

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schuck, Emily. Enrollment Motivations of Nontraditional Female Students in Post Secondary Education. 2007. Marietta College, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1176899577.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schuck, Emily. "Enrollment Motivations of Nontraditional Female Students in Post Secondary Education." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1176899577

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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