Keywords
Community college baccalaureate, degree aspirations, logistic regression
Abstract
This research explored variables that influence community college student degree aspirations and students purpose for enrolling and pursuing specific degree types. The study was conducted using secondary data for students pursuing Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Bachelor of Applied Science degrees at a single community college. A logistic regression test was used to test graduate and baccalaureate degree aspirations of the entire sample of students and separately by degree type. Significant predictors of degree aspirations included age, gender, credits enrolled in, participation in student groups, academic course planning, receipt of scholarship, and college GPA. In general, community college students had high degree aspirations. Younger students tended to be on the collegiate transfer track and older students tended to want to pursue baccalaureate degrees locally. In addition to having high degree aspirations, a large proportion of students attended the college for occupational purposes and created intermediate and long-term goals related to their academic aspirations. The findings of the research confirm findings of previous studies on college student degree aspirations, and add to the understanding of variables contribute to students' educational goals. Recommendations for practice and future research are presented.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2014
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Owens, J. Thomas
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education and Human Performance
Department
Educational and Human Sciences
Degree Program
Educational Leadership; Higher Education
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005539
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005539
Language
English
Release Date
December 2015
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Education and Human Performance; Education and Human Performance -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Quathamer, Mark, "Analysis of the Congruency between Educational Choices and Community College Student Degree Aspirations" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4631.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4631