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Download full textShepherd, Jeff; Nelson, Barbara Mullins – Qualitative Report, 2012
A study was conducted utilizing Cross' (1981) barriers to adult learning as a framework to better understand how adults successfully complete their graduate studies. Participants in the study were solicited via Facebook and LinkedIn. Three female adult learners who persisted in their graduate studies while balancing demands outside academics…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Graduate Students, Adult Students, Females
Direct linkSander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
There are 11,000 or so people in Kentucky who came within a course or two of earning a college degree, but never did. Almost half a million more took a few college courses but then dropped out. Now educators are trying to lure back those erstwhile students to finish what they started. Over the next 12 years, Kentucky wants to double the number of…
Descriptors: College Credits, Adult Students, College Faculty, Dropouts
Pusser, Brian; Breneman, David W.; Gansneder, Bruce M.; Kohl, Kay J.; Levin, John S.; Milam, John H.; Turner, Sarah E. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2007
This report presents a summary of findings from the Emerging Pathways project, which seeks to identify the diverse needs and characteristics of adult learners, understand patterns of enrollment in credit and non-credit-bearing courses and offer advice to postsecondary institutions and policymakers committed to adult learners' success. Among its…
Descriptors: Contract Training, Continuing Education, Adult Students, Adult Learning
