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Direct linkMichell Ivey – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of adult learners in a first-year seminar course at Columbia State Community College, located in middle Tennessee, to determine if the content of the course has an impact on the learners' adjustment to college. With the statewide initiative to reach a goal of 55% of the state's population…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Adult Students, Student Experience, First Year Seminars
Peer reviewedNguyenvoges, Shelbee R. – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2015
The purpose of this case study research aims to bridge gaps in the current research by exploring how both veteran and nonveteran adult and higher education (AHE) learners make sense of their educational journey and identity, in and out of the classroom, during their first-year experience (FYE) course at a community college (CC) in the Southwest…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Experience, Critical Incidents Method, Self Concept
Schwartz, Joni – Adult Learning, 2015
Mass incarceration in America is a moral, economic, and societal crisis with serious implications for many men of color and high school non-completers who are incarcerated at proportionally higher rates than Whites or college graduates. For the formerly incarcerated, engagement in adult learning, whether high school equivalency (HSE) or college,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Inquiry, Outreach Programs, Institutionalized Persons
