The influence of motivation to get the second higher education on its effectiveness.

Annotation to the master's degree work «The influence of motivation to get the second higher education on its effectiveness».The study considers the problem of the efficiency of the 2nd higher education. It is important for us to find out what type of motivation to receive the second higher education turns out to be more effective (resulting). We are also looking for the answer to the question of to what extent the high academic results lead to the achievement of the desired goals in professional life, what factors (in addition to education) affect their achievement.The purpose of the study is to reveal the factors of motivation to receive the second higher education that influence its effectiveness.Research objectives:Theoreticalto analyze theoretical literature and other sources on problems of motivation and assessment of the efficiency of education (including on the programs of the second higher education);to identify key concepts: "motivation", "human capital", "the second higher education", "efficiency of the second higher education";to reveal as results of the theoretical analysis the main motivational factors to study and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the second higher education;to formulate theoretical model and/or system description of the object of the research.Researchto formulate the problem, goal, objectives and hypotheses of the study;to identify and classify respondents, depending on the motivation to receive the second higher education;to work out research tools (questionnaire);to conduct survey among the 2010 year graduates of the second higher education programme of The Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, specialty - “Finance and credit” (specialization: “Financial markets and financial engineering”);to analyze the study results and structure conclusions;to give recommendations on improving the efficiency of the second higher education programme on speciality «Finance and credit» (specialization: «Financial markets and financial engineering») with consideration of the peculiarities of students' motivation.Methodology and empirical basis of the researchThe research sample includes the 50 respondents, who graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation in 2010 and passed the programme of the second higher education on speciality "Finance and credit". The respondents started the programme in 2007, specialty "Finance and credit", specialization "Financial markets and financial engineering” and received diplomas in 2010. The research sample was divided into 2 motivational group. The first group included people who had decided to get new profession. The second group included people, who were quite successful in their profession and didn't plan to radically change it. ResultsThe 3rd Chapter "Analysis of the research results" gives a socio-demographic profile of an individual, entering the programme of the 2nd higher education. The respondents of the study were devided into 2 large motivational groups. We identified the motivational structure for each of the group as well as the effectiveness of education for each motivational factor, which was important for the respondents when entering the Academy. The main result of the study is the confirmed fact of the influence of motivation to receive the second higher education on its effectiveness. The effectiveness of education depends on whether a student wants to change profession (to get a new one) or not (to develop within an old one). According to a number of performance criteria, the second motivational group (with no intention to radically change profession) was more successful in achieving its goals. The study proved the low efficiency of the 2nd higher education as a channel of professional mobility for those wished to radically change the profession.