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A Mixed-Methods Investigation of a Self-Regulated Learning Intervention on Student Veteran and Non-Traditional Student College Success
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Julie Hansen Shank – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As student veterans and service members (SVSM) continue to pursue post-secondary education, the body of literature contains multiple studies of transition and acculturation, but little empirical assessment of programs and services to support SVSM and address factors of student success, including academic achievement, engagement in educationally…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Veterans, Veterans Education, Intervention
Ed Tech in Adult Online Learning: Facilitating Andragogical Program Development, Learner Interactions, and Student Research
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Catherine A. Cherrstrom; Brittany Hyden; Carrie J. Boden; Shailen Singh; Lei Xie – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2024
Educational technology facilitates convenient access to online programs for adult students but also presents challenges. Using a conceptual framework of Knowles' andragogy process of program development and learner interaction theory, this study examined ed tech in an online degree program designed to serve adult students. Participants included…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Adult Learning, Electronic Learning, Program Development
Three Studies on Public University Financial Aid and Student Success
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William Zahran – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this dissertation, I study the relationships between financial aid, student characteristics, persistence, and completion in three separate chapters. In all three chapters, I use detailed, student-level administrative data from the UNC System beginning in the Fall 2013 semester. The first chapter is entitled "Tuition Reduction and Student…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Public Colleges, Student Characteristics, Academic Persistence
"It Is Not Working for Them but with Them": Adult Educators Roles with Community Groups in Transforming Communities
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Isaac Kofi Biney – Adult Learning, 2024
This paper reflects on Freire's discourse on liberating education and adult educators' educational roles with community groups in transforming communities. Mineral-rich communities in Ghana are in danger of losing water bodies, rich arable lands, and forest vegetation cover through "galamsey," which refers to the gathering of rich…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Transformative Learning, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
Exploring the Transition Trajectory: An Improvement Study on Moving ESOL Students from Adult Education to College Degree Programs
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Paula Da Silva-Michelin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While community colleges have traditionally been the leading providers of adult learner programs and the entry point for many minority students into higher education, very few English language learners (ELLs) transition to higher education. This qualitative gap analysis of the systems in place at a large urban public community college in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adult Education, Transitional Programs
State Priorities for Higher Education in 2024
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Tom Harnisch; Rachel Burns; Kelsey Heckert; Kelsey Kunkle; Dustin Weeden – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2024
Public higher education leaders have entered 2024 aided by tailwinds of fiscal stability in many states and a strong national economy, but some challenges of the post-pandemic era remain, including strengthening the value proposition of higher education, building public trust, and meeting changing economic and workforce needs. This paper presents…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Public Colleges