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Examining the Experiences of Adult Learners in a First-Year Seminar Course at a Tennessee Community College
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Michell 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
The Online First-Year Experience: Defining and Illustrating a New Reality
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Korstange, Ryan; Hall, Jeff; Holcomb, Jamie; Jackson, Jasmeial – Adult Learning, 2020
All incoming students have a first experience with their institution. This article reviews literature on adult education, online learning, and first-year student success to articulate the scope of experiences and programs that ought to be included in institutional efforts aimed at helping adult students be successful in their first year of online…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Freshmen, Nontraditional Students, School Orientation
Using the Assessment Process to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Mature Students
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Chapman, Amanda – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
This research draws on the experience of a group of mature students' studies during their first year at university. All experienced varying degrees of Imposter Syndrome, feelings of fraudulence and a lack of confidence in their ability. The process of "becoming" a mature student is one of identity change and risk. Gaining a sense of…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, College Freshmen, Adult Students, Student Experience
Predictors of Academic Performance in an Adult Education Degree at a Business School in South Africa
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Kotzé, Martina; Massyn, Liezel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
In South Africa under apartheid, higher education was unavailable to a large segment of the population. Many who enrol for an undergraduate degree today are thus mature students or 'adult learners' 25 years or older who are in full-time employment. Since these students learn differently from their younger peers, institutions need to know what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Adult Education
From Further to Higher Education: Transition as an On-Going Process
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Tett, Lyn; Cree, Viviene E; Christie, Hazel – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
This paper argues that transition is not a one-off event that occurs when students first enter universities but is an on-going process that is repeated over time. We draw on qualitative data from a longitudinal project on "non-traditional" students who entered a research-intensive university in Scotland direct from further education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, Nontraditional Students, Research Universities
Welcome to College? Developing a Richer Understanding of the Transition Process for Adult First Year Students Using Reflective Written Journals
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Risquez, Angelica; Moore, Sarah; Morley, Michael – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2008
This study investigates the process of adjustment among adult learners by focusing on their own perceptions as they make the transition to higher education in an Irish setting, in order to gain a richer understanding about early university experience. The analysis of the journal-based reflections confirms existing insights about the complexity of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Student Adjustment, Foreign Countries