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Liu, Vivian Yuen Ting; Zhou, Rachel Yang; Matsudaira, Jordan – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2023
While the Pell Grant covers a substantial proportion of college tuition for low-income students, it has covered only two full-time semesters per year and has not included any support for summer courses through most of its history. As research has shown that continuous enrollment throughout the year increases college persistence and completion, the…
Descriptors: Grants, Student Financial Aid, Summer Programs, School Schedules
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Agboeze, Matthias U.; Eze, Georgina Chinagorom; Nweke, Prince Onyemaechi; Igwe, Ngozi Justina; Imo, Onyeodiri Charity; Okop, Ekaette Okon; Okengwu, Mary Chinyere; Agboeze, Maryrose N.; Okeke, Polycarp M. D.; Otu, Mkpoikanke Sunday – SAGE Open, 2021
This study examined the role of local government in community development in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. A total of 420 people participated in the study. The study sample of 420 persons comprised 220 community development officers selected from the study area and 200 adult educators randomly selected from Enugu State. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local Government, Government Role, Adult Education
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Kartchner, Heidi; Cherry, Tammy Messick; Talbert, Christina; McIntosh, Jennifer – Journal of Museum Education, 2021
Informal learning experiences can provide valuable visitor-to-staff interactions that require skilled staff--often volunteers--to adjust to the needs of each visitor group. These experiences are often less regimented to provide increased flexibility for both the museum and the volunteer, allowing for more diversity of volunteer support. This…
Descriptors: Museums, Informal Education, Volunteers, Training
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Jiang, Mei; Arrambide, Melissa; Munoz, Ava – Journal of Educators Online, 2021
To address the challenges nontraditional adult doctoral learners face in completing dissertations online, we reflect on the effective practices utilized in an online doctoral-level educational leadership program at a public university in the United States. This paper focused on two major topics: 1) how to prepare students to write a dissertation…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Dissertations
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Bragg, Debra D.; Richie, Deborah; Kirby, Catherine – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
Ensuring that the federal investment in TAACCCT has a lasting legacy is important to community colleges and the nation. Exploring the notion of transformative change, this chapter describes research and development associated with the Transformative Change Initiative (TCI), including seven guiding principles to sustain and scale change in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grants, Job Training, Adult Education
Erwin, Marla Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Adult students are generally classified as a single group for study, yet developmental psychologists recognize separate developmental periods during adulthood that suggest adult students at midlife may experience development within higher education differently that younger adult students, in part due to ageism expressed at individual,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Aging (Individuals), Age Discrimination, Social Bias
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Leena Jo Landmark; Vickie J. Mitchell; Christina M. Gushanas; Townsley Tayebianpour – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Adult student transition programs (also known as 18+ programs, 18-21 programs, adult transition programs, and community transition programs) are educational programs that provide instruction in age-appropriate community environments to adult students who have met the state credit and assessment guidelines for graduation but who still require…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Transitional Programs, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Jennifer Lynn Horvath – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite research and advances in hybrid learning in the field of education, the gap lies in the lack of research focusing on community college students' perceptions of which elements of hybrid classes significantly impact their academic achievement. This problem, often leading to lower completion rates and higher attrition, was particularly…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Blended Learning, Academic Achievement
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Bahr, Peter Riley; Boeck, Claire A.; Cummins, Phyllis A. – Research in Higher Education, 2022
Students 25 years of age and older comprise one-third of the population in public two-year institutions, and these students face significant disadvantages in first-year retention and eventual graduation. Successfully passing college math and college English are important steps for adult students in building momentum toward a degree. Classroom…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Outcomes of Education
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Fleener, M. Jayne; Coble, Chrystal – On the Horizon, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop queer futuring strategies that take into consideration adult learners' needs in support of transformational and sustainable change for social justice and equity. Design/methodology/approach: This paper develops the construct of queer futuring, which engages queer theory perspectives in a critical…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Sexuality, Postmodernism, Social Justice
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Ragupathi, Kiruthika – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
Academic development is increasingly complex and multi-faceted, and highly contextual. This study investigates why academic developers do what they do, within a continuing professional development (CPD) context. This qualitative research examines how six academic developers value their engagement in CPD and highlights five desired characteristics…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Bird, Kelli A.; Castleman, Benjamin L.; Fischer, Brett; Skinner, Benjamin T. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2022
Recent state policy efforts have focused on increasing attainment among adults with some college but no degree (SCND). Yet little is actually known about the SCND population. Using data from the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), we provide the first detailed profile on the academic, employment, and earnings trajectories of the SCND…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Attainment, College Credits, Adult Education
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Crawford, Nicole L.; Emery, Sherridan G.; Allen, Penny; Baird, Allen – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2022
While fostering a sense of belonging among university students is an objective of many universities, the landscape of belonging is complex and multifaceted. It is worthy of deeper interrogation, particularly for "non-traditional" students. This article draws on data from a national mixed-methods study that explored proactive ways of…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Sense of Community, Adult Students, Distance Education
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English, Helen – Teachers and Curriculum, 2022
In 2018, the author embarked on Master of Education research to investigate how mature adults were affected by regular participation in visual art classes. Visual art education is reported to have a positive effect on the cognition of mature adults in various contexts (Schindler et al., 2017; Wali et al., 2001), so this research investigates…
Descriptors: Art Education, Adult Students, Community Programs, Painting (Visual Arts)
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Abate, Samuel Getnet; Adamu, Abebaw Yirga – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2022
The implementation of integrated functional adult education (IFAE) programme needs collaborative efforts of different sectors. Studies indicate that the collaboration among different sectors is low, but the sectors' view in relation to the contribution of the programme and their participation in the implementation of the programme is not well…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Stakeholders
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