Academic-Family Integration: The Differences Between Men and Women in Distance Education and Residential Doctoral Program

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Abstract

Multivariate statistical analyses were used to determine if there were differences in academic-family integration between distance education and residential as well as male and female students in doctorate of education programs in the United States. Results provided evidence that distance education students (n = 106) reported having lower satisfaction and functioning, more family and academic domain interference, and more impermeable boundaries between their degrees and their families their residential peers (n = 71). Moreover, women (n = 126) in comparison to men (n = 51) reported poorer balance and more rigid boundaries between their degrees and their families

Author

• Amanda J Rockinson-Szapkiw, University of Memphis