The study was designed to test the hypothesis that immigrants have greater motivation for education than the local population. The sample consisted of 612 part-time undergraduate students at an English-language university in Montreal who completed a specially designed questionnaire. Analysis revealed greater drop-out among students who were born in Canada, and those with English as their home language. Greater persistence was found among students born in developing countries, and those with home language other than English. Immigration status and mother tongue were not related to drop-out persistence. The results of the study support previously published, though not scientifically tested, hunches.
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