An Exploratory Study of Motivational Predictors Which Influence Graduation from Two- and Four-Year Colleges

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to investigate the extent to which scales measuring four categories of influences predict whether students maintain their motivation to achieve a long-term goal such as college graduation. Data from 779 students in parallel studies were then compared using a path analysis to ascertain whether scales for these same four categories of variables were useful as predictors that could influence graduation from both two-year colleges and four-year colleges.