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REALIZING THE DREAM: A STUDY OF UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS ADULT LEARNER CHOICE IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
AT MARINE CORPS BASE-HAWAII
by
Ronnie Wayne Tucker
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
November 2007
Copyright 2007 Ronnie Wayne Tucker
Object Description
| Title | Realizing the dream: a study of United States Marine Corps adult learner choice in colleges and universities offering educational services at Marine Corps Base-Hawaii |
| Author | Tucker, Ronnie Wayne |
| Author email | tuckerr004@hawaii.rr.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-10 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-11-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Sundt, Melora |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hunt, Felicia Evans, Norm |
| Abstract | The purpose of this research was to gain insight into the non-traditional characteristics of the Marine adult learner at Marine Corps Base-Hawaii and to understand which colleges and universities they chose and why. A quantitative methodology was employed in which 73 individual Marines from a variety of units were surveyed. The Marines were all participants in voluntary off-duty education and all were receiving tuition assistance from the Marine Corps. Data were collected by the use of a multiple choice survey.; The study examined the relationship of three domains to the institutional choice: (1) the individual Marine; (2) the school; and (3) the Marine Corps. The survey used questions from previous research on non-traditional students and military adult learners. The dependent variable of the research was student choice in schools. The independent variables were military occupation, time in service, chain of command support, flexible work schedules, school affordability, flexible course offerings, professor contact, professor knowledge, student assistance, access to technology, student transfer centers, need for work study and career days. Demographic variables were gender, current degree, degree pursued, age, race/ethnicity, marital status, first time college student, and time in Hawaii. Also examined were characteristics of the student's current school and satisfaction with the programs.; Findings revealed that marital status, first generation college student status, and time in service affected student choice of schools available. The variables of affordability, professor contact, class location, professor knowledge, and access to technology were important to married Marines with five years service and first generation college students, but did not distinguish choice of one institution over another. |
| Keyword | adult learners; student choice |
| Geographic subject (state) | Hawaii |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m921 |
| Rights | Tucker, Ronnie Wayne |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-tucker-20071113 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-tucker-20071113.pdf |
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| Full text | REALIZING THE DREAM: A STUDY OF UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ADULT LEARNER CHOICE IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT MARINE CORPS BASE-HAWAII by Ronnie Wayne Tucker A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION November 2007 Copyright 2007 Ronnie Wayne Tucker |
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