This study investigated non-traditional adult college students' motives for attending college. The survey sample consisted of 202 students who were enrolled in one of two selected northwest Florida universities, and who were employed full-time either in the education profession or the Federal Civil Service. Questionnaires were designed to assess their personal and situational characteristics, their perceived motivating external factors and internal reasons for attending college, and their underlying life-needs as motivators for attending college. / Methods of analyses were as follows: frequency distribution, calculation of means, standard deviation, percentages, chi-square, and analysis of variance. / Results indicated significantly more females in the education group; significantly more graduate students in the education group; and most of the students in both groups were married. The overall motivating external factor for attending college for both groups was the necessity of having a degree. However, the Civil Service group was more motivated by job-dissatisfaction and the availability of funds than was the education group. Career advancement was chosen by both groups as the most influential internal reason for attending college. In terms of the underlying life-need motivators, the two occupational groups differed significantly on the life-needs of Social Stimulation and Community Service. There was also a significant difference by sex on the life-need of Cognitive Interest. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-04, Section: A, page: 1081. / Major Professor: David W. Leslie. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78216 |
| Contributors | Coleman, James Alfred, Jr., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 163 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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