Sociology

Event Title

Delayed Undergraduates: Why Pause College, Does It hurt?

Presenter Information

Clifford Stockton, Butler University

Document Type

Oral Presentation

Location

Indianapolis, IN

Start Date

10-4-2015 8:45 AM

End Date

10-4-2015 10:00 AM

Description

This research involves looking at social factors of college students and determining what causes a pause or delay in their undergraduate education and how can this hinder the progress. Success is an ideal that everyone naturally aspires to reach. In many ways analysis of successful individuals is measured through educational attainment. Exploring what causes people to covet an undergraduate degree and analyzing what factors prohibit or delay that goal is the purpose of this study. There is a gap in educational attainment in the United States that is related directly to the gap in income equality. If we can find the things that hinder success and initiate institutional programs that will provide an environment where those at risk of delaying entry or pausing their undergraduate degree, then we can overcome those hurdles and help attain those goals. In past literature, Wells proves that those with lower Socioeconomic status are subject to lower income but they also tend to have a more likelihood to delay entry or pause their college career. This delay has a negative impact on educational attainment. Researching and analyzing how and why these delays occur will bring about a solution. Is there a difference in level of educational attainment of those who delay entry into or pause or during undergraduate school due to social strains such as debt, social structural issues, personal situations, and those who don't have such strains?

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Apr 10th, 8:45 AM Apr 10th, 10:00 AM

Delayed Undergraduates: Why Pause College, Does It hurt?

Indianapolis, IN

This research involves looking at social factors of college students and determining what causes a pause or delay in their undergraduate education and how can this hinder the progress. Success is an ideal that everyone naturally aspires to reach. In many ways analysis of successful individuals is measured through educational attainment. Exploring what causes people to covet an undergraduate degree and analyzing what factors prohibit or delay that goal is the purpose of this study. There is a gap in educational attainment in the United States that is related directly to the gap in income equality. If we can find the things that hinder success and initiate institutional programs that will provide an environment where those at risk of delaying entry or pausing their undergraduate degree, then we can overcome those hurdles and help attain those goals. In past literature, Wells proves that those with lower Socioeconomic status are subject to lower income but they also tend to have a more likelihood to delay entry or pause their college career. This delay has a negative impact on educational attainment. Researching and analyzing how and why these delays occur will bring about a solution. Is there a difference in level of educational attainment of those who delay entry into or pause or during undergraduate school due to social strains such as debt, social structural issues, personal situations, and those who don't have such strains?