Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4938476 | International Journal of Educational Development | 2017 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
This study explores the differences between student and parents' value orientation for a college degree across a large sample in the UAE. The value of obtaining a higher education degree in the UAE is transgenerational. Salient benefits of a college degree can be categorized by economic, social and entrepreneurial factors and a model is set forth based on an intrinsic/extrinsic and self vs. other continuum. Education and income are related to valuing several educational outcomes. The most important factor identified across generations included both self-transcendence and self-enhancement values. From 2011-2015, the importance of higher education's social benefits has increased.
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Authors
Laura L. Matherly, Nadia Amin, Shamma Sultan Khalifa Al Nahyan,