2015
DOI: 10.28945/2102
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Defining the Graduate College Experience: What it “Should” versus “Does” Include

Abstract: Gaps between expectations and actual educational experience may influence motivation, learning and performance. The graduate college experience (GCE) is shrouded in myth and legend that may create unrealistic expectations, while its reality includes elements of politics, economics and organizational psychology. This study examined 1,629 present and former graduate students' perceptions of what their graduate school experiences should and did include. The sample was analyzed as a whole and also divided and test… Show more

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“…While these large national data sets offer robust sampling, we argue they may present somewhat dated perspectives (a decade or more old) relative to current issues and needs in the rapidly-changing context of higher education (see also Choi, 2016;Levine, 2005;Manning, 2013). Researchers have only begun understanding the complex perceptual interactions that contribute to critical outcomes of the graduate experience dynamic (e.g., Hardré & Hackett, 2015a, 2015cPeltonen et al, 2017;Spaulding & Rockinson-Szapkiw, 2012). This study adds to those previous findings some important paths, showing how those factors are related to graduate students' dropout intentions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…While these large national data sets offer robust sampling, we argue they may present somewhat dated perspectives (a decade or more old) relative to current issues and needs in the rapidly-changing context of higher education (see also Choi, 2016;Levine, 2005;Manning, 2013). Researchers have only begun understanding the complex perceptual interactions that contribute to critical outcomes of the graduate experience dynamic (e.g., Hardré & Hackett, 2015a, 2015cPeltonen et al, 2017;Spaulding & Rockinson-Szapkiw, 2012). This study adds to those previous findings some important paths, showing how those factors are related to graduate students' dropout intentions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, it confirmed the complex, multifaceted nature of the graduate experience, and variability among the strength of multiple influences on graduate students' success vs. intent to dropout. Second, across all these graduate students, the most significant influences on dropout were satisfaction with the graduate experience, self-efficacy for professional success, and the perceived graduate experience gap (Hardré & Hackett, 2015a). Third, modeling of the predictive role of the perceived graduate experience gap underscored both direct and indirect influences of this phenomenon that has until recently been ignored in studies of this kind.…”
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“…This work took place in a School of Information and Library Science that has a diverse set of students and topical areas, which cover professional practice as well as graduate-level issues of theory [3].…”
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confidence: 99%