Factors Likely to Sustain a Mature-Age Student to Completion of Their Doctorate

Autor/in	Templeton, Robert
Titel	Factors Likely to Sustain a Mature-Age Student to Completion of Their Doctorate
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 61 (2021) 1, S.45-62 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Sustainability; Doctoral Degrees; Educational Attainment; Doctoral Students; Maturity (Individuals); Nontraditional Students; Andragogy; Outcomes of Education; Reentry Students; Student Motivation; Academic Aspiration; Career Development; Lifelong Learning; Learning Readiness; Prior Learning; Foreign Countries; Adult Students; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltigkeit; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Doktorandenprogramm; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Reifung; Andragogics; Andragogik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Schulische Motivation; Berufsentwicklung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Lernbereitschaft; Vorkenntnisse; Ausland; Adult; Adults; Erwachsenenalter; Australien
Abstract	Mature-age postgraduate students are those who are late to higher education or have returned to postgraduate study after an educational hiatus in industry. While some mature-age students seek a postgraduate qualification out of extrinsic motivations such as for vocational reasons, there are older non-traditional students who seek higher status; cultural, social, financial, or symbolic. However, some undertake doctoral study with intrinsic motives (based on an intrinsic desire or love of learning) which may have an extrinsic outcome. Mature-age students, who are a subgroup of non-traditional students are categorized demographically by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being over the age of 35 years. This paper analyses empirical and peer reviewed journal and book research with additional secondary data collected from contemporary sources to inform the literature of the aspirations, motives, and outcomes of mature-age doctoral students. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01