This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Valentine, T. Articles by Darkenwald, G. G. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

The Benefits of Ged Graduation and A Typology of Graduates

Syracuse University.

Gordon G. Darkenwald

Center for Adult Development at Rutgers University.

This study sought to determine the benefits obtained by adults who study for and pass the General Educational Development (GED) tests. A self-administered questionnaire was constructed and mailed to a statewide random sample of recent graduates; the unadjusted response rate was 57.3% (N = 172). Analyses indicated that the percentages obtaining each of the twelve economic and noneconomic benefits measured were substantial. Using this data set, the twelve benefits were empirically reduced, by factor analysis, into four factors: job advancement, increased employment, improved self image, and further education. Subsequent cluster analysis suggests that there are five principal "types" of graduates, the first four each faring comparatively well on one of the four benefit factors and the fifth doing comparatively poorly on all factors.

Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, 23-35 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/0001848186037001003


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				H. W. Beder and T. Valentine Motivational Profiles of Adult Basic Education Students Adult Education Quarterly, June 1, 1990; 40(2): 78 - 94. [Abstract]