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Pugh, Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The topic of this study was student motivation and intention to graduate at a for-profit university. The research problem addressed is only 23% of bachelor's degree-seeking students at for-profit universities persist to graduate within six years. Students who leave without graduating incur more debt and earn less money over time. Grounded in an…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Intention, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation
Dasinger, Jacob – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between exam grades and students. causal attributions of their grades in a developmental mathematics course at a community college. Also investigated were differences in causal attributions of grades between Traditional and Nontraditional students. In addition, among…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Two Year College Students, Attribution Theory, Remedial Mathematics