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Intrinsic, Future-Oriented Goal Awareness And Two-Year College Graduation, Brent A. Stubbs
Intrinsic, Future-Oriented Goal Awareness And Two-Year College Graduation, Brent A. Stubbs
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The two-year college graduation rate is at an all-time low. Curricular and program designs are not making the sweeping changes needed for the outcomes desired. While higher education continues to be sold as an economic good, research is pointing to the predictive nature of intrinsic, future-oriented goal (IFOG) awareness on sub-goal adoption and its relation to course success and intention to persist. This cross-sectional, correlational study desired to uncover the relation between IFOG and graduation. A modified version of the Aspirations index was provided to a group of new students and those on-target to graduate (last semester) in an effort …