Motives for higher education adult and active students’ evasion

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
15406
6 pages
Research Article

Motives for higher education adult and active students’ evasion

Cíntia B. Goi, Sabrina A. W. Benetti, Humberto Salamoni, Marcos Benetti, Leandro L. Nagorny, Gerda Ferreira, Madalena Rotta, Ana P. S. Agertt, Cátia R. M. Dezordi, Marcele H. Ravasio and Luís M. F. A Rothes

Abstract: 

Higher education is the dream of many adults for perceiving that through qualification there is a possibility of being professionally satisfied and obtaining better conditions of life. This study evaluated potential motives for adult active students’ evasion from higher education courses of a federal institution. It concerns toa quantitative study, cross-sectional design and questions related to qualitative aspects. Data was collected through a validated scale that evaluates the motives for Higher Education evasion. The instrument is composed of 53 items, the answers are given in a Likert format scale of five points, varying between one – too weak and 5 – too strong. One hundred and three adult students were interviewed, out of which 98 were characterized as not traditional. We point out in this research that 45,71% presented strong and very strong motives related to the lack of support as the first component with greater representativity, followed by the27,55% with motives related to career, 23,46% to academic performance, 22,96% to vocational reasons, 20,03% institutional reasons, 14,69% related to the autonomy and 9,62% interpersonal. This study provides aids to the institution managers studied to trace strategies for the not traditional student permanence and with that minimize the rate of evasion.

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