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Helsinger, Abigail; Hicks, Nytasia; Millar, Roberto J.; Girling, Laura M.; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Cross-cultural qualitative research is essential to develop practical approaches to promote adult education and training in diverse societies. Yet, little systematic guidance is available to successfully conduct a large-scale cross-national qualitative inquiry in general, and in virtual settings in particular. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Identification, Recruitment
Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Framularo, Charles – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2022
Previous research has shown that when adult students receive credit for their prior learning (CPL), they are more likely to complete credentials while saving time and money doing so. In addition, colleges and universities can also benefit from CPL: adult students who earn credit through CPL are more likely to persist toward completion, and so they…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Prior Learning, College Credits, Recognition (Achievement)
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Harrison, Daquanna – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
Through 15-plus years of direct experience and research coupled with the concerns and truths of many adult education colleagues, Daquanna Harrison gives a call to action for adult education. This call asks adult educators throughout the U.S. to better and more quickly transform the field of adult education into a viable career choice for minority…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Minority Group Teachers, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Recruitment
UK Department for Education, 2021
Starting this Parliament, the United Kingdom (UK) Government is providing £2.5 billion (£3 billion when including Barnett funding for devolved administrations) for a new National Skills Fund (NSF). This is a significant investment which has the potential to deliver new opportunities to generations of adults who may have been previously left…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Retraining, Job Skills
Hedrick, Amanda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Shawnee State University (SSU) founded Project BEAR: Building Emerging and Achieving Readers, an AmeriCorps program, to support literacy development and improve school readiness in the Appalachian region. After the first 2 years of program implementation, areas for growth including enhanced service member recruitment, member onboarding, and…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Government, Volunteers, School Readiness
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Gopalan, Geetha; Lee, Kerry A.; Pisciotta, Caterina; Hooley, Cole; Stephens, Tricia; Acri, Mary – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2023
This pilot study integrated quantitative and qualitative data to examine the feasibility of implementing a modified version of a multiple family group behavioral parent training intervention (The 4Rs and 2Ss for Strengthening Families Program [4Rs and 2Ss]) in child welfare (CW) placement prevention services from the perspectives of participating…
Descriptors: Child Health, Mental Health, Intervention, Child Welfare
Christina J. Coclanis-Loding – ProQuest LLC, 2021
There are 44 million adults over the age of 24 who hold a high school diploma, and another 35 million adults who have some college credit, but have not earned their college degree. These numbers make adult learners a viable population to attract and matriculate at community colleges. Considering the impact adult learners would have on enrollment…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Public Colleges
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Bovill, Helen; Harrison, Neil; Smith, Hilary; Bennett, Viki; McKenzie, Liz – Research Papers in Education, 2021
This paper draws upon questionnaire data from 126 mature, female alumni students and interviews with a subset of 20 participants who completed education foundation degrees in three English universities in the South West. Three illustrative cases from interviews are chosen representing three models of progression: 'success', 'version of success',…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Females, Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries
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Bellon-Harn, Monica L.; Morris, Lekeitha R.; Jones, Ashtyn – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2021
Purpose: This research note evaluated the collaboration, recruitment, enrollment processes, as well as outcomes of an online, self-managed parent training program (Success With Stories [SWS]) concurrent with a Head Start school curriculum. Method: This case examination presents the research processes used to examine an online program concurrent…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Online Courses, Independent Study, Disadvantaged Youth
UK Department for Education, 2021
The United Kingdom (UK) Government has committed to the creation of a National Retraining Scheme, which will aim to prepare workers for future changes to the economy, including through automation, to retrain into better jobs. This will help to address challenges to the economy, including automation and advances in technology that are changing the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
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See, Beng Huat; Morris, Rebecca; Gorard, Stephen; Kokotsaki, Dimitra; Abdi, Sophia – Education Sciences, 2020
Background: A raft of initiatives and reforms have been introduced in many countries to attract and recruit school teachers, many of which do not have a clear evidence base, so their effectiveness remains unclear. Prior research has been largely correlational in design. This paper describes a rigorous and comprehensive review of international…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Incentives, Teacher Salaries
Straw, Suzanne; Lynch, Sarah; Stanford, Caroline; McCrone, Tami; Bradley, Eleanor – UK Department for Education, 2021
Between June 2018 and November 2020, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) conducted an evaluation of the Tailored Support Programme (TSP) on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE). The aim of the evaluation was to explore perceptions of the TSP and, in particular, gather data on: reasons for engagement; what was delivered;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Consultation Programs, Teacher Recruitment
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Halvorsen, Cal J.; Emmanuel, Erin – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
At a time when the number of younger students entering our colleges and universities is stagnant, and the number of older people in our society continues to grow by the millions, schools of social work have an opportunity to broaden their student base by intentionally including people past midlife. This article argues that we must recruit and…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Inclusion, Age Groups
Abbey, Derek Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The Post-9/11 GI Bill was implemented in 2009. Since then more than 1,900,000 people have used the benefit and more than $90 billion have been paid to institutions of higher learning and to Post-9/11 GI Bill users. During this period there has been a shift in the types of college and universities veterans attend, as well as the educational models…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Armed Forces, College Choice
Geary, Chris – New America, 2023
Community college enrollment has significantly declined since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between the spring 2020 term and the spring 2022 term, community college enrollment declined by nearly 17 percent nationwide. This alarming trend has posed a threat to the well-being of community colleges and the students they serve, which includes…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Declining Enrollment, Adult Students
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