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Hurley, Pamela S.

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Comparing the graduate degree choices and influences of first-generation college students and children of college graduates.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Comparing the graduate degree choices and influences of first-generation college students and children of college graduates./
Author:	Hurley, Pamela S.
Description:	136 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-01, Section: A, page: 0109.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-01A.
Subject:	Education, Higher. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3040179
ISBN:	0493535500

Comparing the graduate degree choices and influences of first-generation college students and children of college graduates.
Hurley, Pamela S.

Comparing the graduate degree choices and influences of first-generation college students and children of college graduates. - 136 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-01, Section: A, page: 0109.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2002.

This dissertation explores the effect of being a first-generation college student on individuals' self-selection into specific advanced degree pathways, among students who had undertaken graduate study by nine years after entering college. First-generation college (FGC) students are compared with the children of college graduates (CCG) in terms of educational attainment and investments during college. The two groups are also compared on a variety of student characteristics that existed before or at the point of college entry, and may have influenced the choice of a post-baccalaureate path. Educational aspirations, as well as specific activities, goals, self-perceptions and views are included in the analysis. The following questions are examined: Does being a FGC student exert a unique effect, over and above those of other socioeconomic and background factors, on whether or not students attended graduate school by nine years after entering college? Were the investments made in college different for FGC students than for CCG students who pursued doctoral degrees? Were investments made in college different for FGC students than for CCG students who pursued master's degrees? Were investments different for those students who pursued master's degrees than for those who pursued doctoral degrees?

ISBN: 0493535500Subjects--Topical Terms:

543175
Education, Higher.

Comparing the graduate degree choices and influences of first-generation college students and children of college graduates.
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520 $a To examine these questions and issues, this study utilizes a sample of students who participated in the 1985 CIRP Freshman Survey, 1989 and 1994 Follow-Up Surveys. Descriptive, correlational and crosstabular analysis is utilized, as well as blocked stepwise logistic regression analysis.
520 $a The results indicate that, as a direct result of their parents' lower levels of education, FGC students are 24% less likely than CCG students to attend graduate school by nine years after college entry. Factors during college found to predict pursuit of both doctoral and master's degrees were different for FGC students than for CCG students. Previously established predictors of graduate school attendance are less likely to apply to FGC students than to CCG students. This is important, as the study also shows it is not enough for institutions of higher education to provide an opportunity-rich environment for FGC students. The results confirm the importance of early intervention in developing doctoral students from among FGC students.
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