Where to Go From Here? Toward a Model of 2-Year College Students’ Postsecondary Pathway Selection
Where to Go From Here? Toward a Model of 2-Year College Students’ Postsecondary Pathway Selection
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两年制大学生高等教育路径选择模式该何去何从？
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Kelly Wickersham
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作者：
Kelly Wickersham
目的：解释学生流动性的实证工作，特别是两年制大学生的高等教育途径，仍然有限。这项研究考察了驱使两年制大学生在接受高等教育时选择一种或多种途径的潜在过程。方法：根据美国中西部一所以转学为重点的社区学院和两所综合性社区学院的调查、成绩单和访谈数据，本研究采用扎根理论的方法建立了一个概念模型，以了解大学生在选择竞争的高等教育途径时的决策过程。结果：由此产生的大学路径（再）选择模型包含两类：终身决策和短期决策，这两类决策定义了学生在接受高等教育时的决策目的。在这些类别中，二年级大学生描述了收益、适合度、可转移性、地点、灵活性和流动性在决策过程中的作用。贡献：本研究提供了一个新的模型，解释了在2年制大学生多变的生活和目标背景下，是什么塑造了2年制大学生的决定和挑战高等教育途径、学生进步、成功和完成的概念。
Objective: Empirical work explaining student mobility, particularly postsecondary pathways among 2-year college students, remains limited. This study examines the underlying process that drives 2-year college students into one or more pathways as they navigate higher education. Method: Drawing upon survey, transcript, and interview data from one transfer-focused and two comprehensive community colleges in a Midwestern state, this study uses a grounded theory approach to develop a conceptual model to understand college students’ decision-making process when choosing among competing postsecondary pathways. Results: The resulting College Pathway (Re)Selection Model Among Beginning 2-Year College Students contained two categories—lifetime decision-making and short-term decision-making—that defined the purposes of students’ decisions as they navigate postsecondary education. Within the categories, 2-year college students described the role of payoff, fit, transferability, place, flexibility, and mobility in their decision-making process. Contributions: This study offers a new model that explains what shapes 2-year college students’ decisions and challenges notions of postsecondary pathways, student progress, success, and completion in the context of 2-year college students’ fluid lives and goals.