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Autor/in | Keup, Jennifer Rinella |
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Titel | Student Value Orientations about College: Direct and Indirect Effects on Student Satisfaction. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper. |
Quelle | (1999), (31 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Attitude Measures; College Outcomes Assessment; College Students; Higher Education; Outcomes of Education; Participant Satisfaction; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Student School Relationship; Student Surveys; Values |
Abstract | This study constructs a typology of student value orientation (defined as student aspirations, attitudes, and values related to the college experience) as it relates to student satisfaction with college. Value orientation traits are used to identify direct effects on overall student satisfaction; trait variables examine the possibility that college activities could mediate the effects of value orientations on outcomes measurement. Data for the study were drawn from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's 1994 Freshman Survey and its 1998 College Student Survey. The final sample consisted of 9,137 first-time, full-time students who attended 121 institutions in the United States and completed both surveys. Results of the study indicate that student value orientation does influence overall student satisfaction. At-risk (expect to drop out or transfer) or materialist (be well off financially) values lead to lower satisfaction levels, while an undecided (career aspiration) value orientation is associated with higher levels of overall satisfaction. Activist (participates in volunteer work), academic (expects to graduate), artist (create artistic work), and utilitarian (attending college to get better job) value orientations appear to have no significant impact on overall student satisfaction. (Contains 13 references.) (CH) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |