Seton Hall University eRepository @ Seton Hall Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs) Spring 3-20-2017 The eP rceptions of Alternative Education Students Ages 18-21 About the Factors in the Traditional School Setting that Inhibited Their On-Time High School Graduation Ericka Roberson Hursey
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Other Education Commons Recommended Citation Hursey, Ericka Roberson, "The eP rceptions of Alternative Education Students Ages 18-21 About the Factors in the Traditional School Setting that Inhibited Their On-Time High School Graduation" (2017). Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 2289. https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/2289 The Perceptions of Alternative Education Students Ages 18-21 about the Factors in the Traditional School Setting that Inhibited Their On-Time High School Graduation Ericka Roberson Hursey Dissertation Committee Anthony Collella, Ph.D, Mentor Barbara Strobert, Ed.D. Timothy Blackwell, Ed.D. Mary Hancock, Ph.D Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education Seton Hall University 2017 © Copyright 2017 by Ericka Hursey All Rights Reserved Abstract The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how students ages 18-21 who are currently enrolled in a non-traditional educational setting articulate their educational pathway. The narrative inquiry method of research allowed the research participants to tell “their stories” in “their own” words. The research participants could articulate their views and perceptions on the factors that affected their educational pathway.