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Shannon, Elizabeth Ann; Pearson, Sue; Quinn, Wendy; Macintyre, Kate – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Part-time postgraduate students make up a significant proportion of the student population, yet their experience remains poorly understood. In this article, a multi-phase, explanatory mixed-method study conducted within Tasmanian health and human services provides some answers. Students reported improved job performance, self-esteem and increased…
Descriptors: Human Services, Health Services, Part Time Students, Graduate Study
McNally, Sandra; Wyness, Gill – Centre for Economic Performance, 2017
The UK's overall school budget has been protected in real terms but does not provide for funding per pupil to increase in line with inflation. Because pupil numbers are increasing, large falls in expenditure per pupil are expected over the next few years unless more funding is allocated. The situation facing post-16 education is a lot worse. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Expenditure per Student, Expenditures
Alphin, Henry C., Jr., Ed.; Lavine, Jennie, Ed.; Chan, Roy Y., Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
Education is the foundation to almost all successful lives. It is vital that learning opportunities are available on a global scale, regardless of individual disabilities or differences, and to create more inclusive educational practices. "Disability and Equity in Higher Education Accessibility" is a comprehensive reference source for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Higher Education, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Esmond, Bill – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2015
Adult participation in higher education has frequently entailed mature students studying part time in lower-ranked institutions. In England, higher education policies have increasingly emphasised higher education provision in vocational further education colleges, settings which have extensive adult traditions but which mainly teach…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Part Time Students, Qualitative Research
Donelan, Helen; Kear, Karen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Although collaboration skills are highly valued by employers, convincing students that collaborative learning activities are worthwhile, and ensuring that the experience is both useful and enjoyable, are significant challenges for educators. This paper addresses these challenges by exploring students' and tutors' experiences of a group project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Part Time Students
Youde, Andrew – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
The article proposes a new way of analysing and understanding blended learning and contributes to current debates about adult learner motivations for study. It argues that, whilst the validity of the Andragogical Model has been criticised, it has provided a useful framework of analysis in the context of blended learning to meet the needs of adult…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Blended Learning, Tutoring, Adult Learning
Atchison, Eric S. – Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2018
The Fall 2017 Enrollment Fact Book details current fall enrollment data including on- and off-campus enrollment by ethnicity, gender, residency, degree program level, and program category. [For the Fall 2016 Enrollment Fact Book, see ED594009.]
Descriptors: Enrollment, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Student Diversity
Niemczyk, Ewalina Kinga – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2016
Graduate students' development as researchers is a key objective in higher education internationally. Research assistantships (RAships) nurture graduate students as novice researchers as they develop theoretical and methodological knowledge. However, few studies have investigated the ways institutional regulations, informal practices, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students, Full Time Students
Kember, David; Ho, Amaly; Leung, Doris Y. P. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
There is a need for a questionnaire designed specifically to evaluate taught postgraduate (TPg) awards for quality assurance or enhancement purposes. Comparison of undergraduate and TPg awards suggests that as the former have broadened their ambit to better nurture generic graduate attributes, TPg awards have concentrated on advanced specialised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
Shapiro, Doug; Dundar, Afet; Wakhungu, Phoebe Khasiala; Yuan, Xin; Nathan, Angel; Hwang, Youngsik – National Student Clearinghouse, 2016
As a supplement to "Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates -- Fall 2009 Cohort," hereafter "Completing College," this report takes a state-by-state look at the various pathways that students take to complete a college degree or certificate. This report focuses on six-year student success outcomes and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Graduation Rate, Educational Attainment, Educational Trends
Lebron, Juan Carlos – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to examine the degree to which changes had occurred in the ethnic/racial diversity of first-time in college students who were enrolled full-time in Texas community colleges. Specifically, the ethnic/racial diversity changes (i.e., Asian, White, Hispanic, and Black) of first-time in…
Descriptors: Ethnic Diversity, Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Enrollment
McGhee, Kenneth – College and University, 2020
A nationwide discussion that is currently taking place related to student loan debt; a number of presidential candidates are discussing ideas for student loan forgiveness. Some states have offered free community college as a possible solution. Free community college would allow students to save money for two years before transferring to a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, College Readiness
Brennan, John – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2021
This report forms part of an international project, led by UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), on higher education's role in supporting "flexible learning pathways." Flexible learning pathways in higher education provide routes to the acquisition of knowledge and skills at different life stages, to meet the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Flexible Progression, Access to Education
National Student Clearinghouse, 2017
Of all students who started college in fall 2015, 73.4 percent persisted at any U.S. institution in fall 2016, while 61.1 percent were retained at their starting institution. The persistence rate is the percentage of students who return to college at any institution for their second year, while the retention rate is the percentage of students who…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Full Time Students, Part Time Students
Irinoye, Omolola; Ayamolowo, Sunday; Tijnai, Olawale Kazeem – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
The increase in demand for university education remains unmet especially in developing countries; this has made adoption of distance education imperative in our educational system. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has been identified as a tool for improving education quality especially in developing countries. The study examined…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Nursing Students, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes