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Determined to Stay or Determined to Leave? A Tale of Learner Identities, Biographies and Adult Students in Higher Education
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Merrill, Barbara – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This article examines the meaning and experience of retention and withdrawal in higher education from the perspective and voices of non-traditional adult students. It draws on UK biographical data from a European study on access, retention and withdrawal. Withdrawal is perceived negatively by higher education institutions and policymakers as it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Persistence, Withdrawal (Education), Dropouts
Gaining Skills or Just Paying the Bills? Workplace Learning in Low-Level Retail Employment
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Roberts, Steven – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
This paper analyses the workplace learning experiences of young male retail employees. Deeming formal education highly unattractive, the pursuit of lifelong learning and continuous development for such people relies on workplace learning. Their experiences, however, over several years and across various retailers painted a grim reality.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Males, Retailing
Exploring Barriers to Effective E-Learning: Case Study of DNPA
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Annansingh, Fenio; Bright, Ali – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss a case study which examines and analyses a information communication technology training programme conducted using an e-learning platform at the Dartmoor National Park Authority, UK. Design/methodology/approach: The research adopted a mixed method approach which involved the use of questionnaires…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Parks, Interviews
A Case Study Analysis of Factors that Influence Attrition Rates in Voluntary Online Training Programs
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Long, Lori; Dubois, Cathy; Faley, Robert – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
This article examines utilization of online training courses in a Midwest-based landscaping company in the United States. The company had implemented online training to facilitate employee development for their 5,000 employees who were in locations throughout the United States. The courses had been in place for about a decade before the…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Case Studies, Training Methods
Influences on Student Withdrawal from Further Education: A Case Study
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Bidgood, Penelope; Saebi, Nasrollah; May, Steve – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
Provision of Further Education (FE) colleges is becoming more important to the nation's education strategy. Much of this provision is in National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ); in 2003/04 almost half a million of these qualifications were awarded. However, in contrast to the situation in Higher Education (HE), there has been comparatively little…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Influences, Withdrawal (Education), Case Studies
Choices and Decisions: Perspectives of Young Males on Withdrawing from Business Certificate Courses in Technical and Further Education
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Zorbas, Mark; Chapman, Anne; O'Neill, Marnie – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
This article reports research concerned with understanding the factors that influence the decision of young males to withdraw from their studies in certificate courses at a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) College in Western Australia. The research focused on males aged between 17 and 21 years and their reasons for either dropping out of or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Males