Beyond Intent: Reentering College To Complete the Degree.

Spanard, Jan-Marie A.

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ERIC Number: EJ417567

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Publication Date: 1990

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Beyond Intent: Reentering College To Complete the Degree.

Spanard, Jan-Marie A.

Review of Educational Research, v60 n3 p309-44 Fall 1990

A descriptive model is proposed to describe the path of adult problem solving and thinking that leads to reentry into college, retention, and eventual completion of a college degree. Intrinsic and extrinsic facilitators and inhibitors to degree completion, theories of motivation, and persistence are explored. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, College Students, Decision Making, Degrees (Academic), Educational Policy, Higher Education, Models, Nontraditional Students, Predictor Variables, Problem Solving, Reentry Students, School Holding Power, Student Motivation

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Language: English

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