The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how mothers who were nontraditional students enrolled in a four-year college described their experiences with performance, persistence, and college degree completion. The theoretical foundation was Tinto's (1975) student departure theory. The two research questions were (1) How do…

High-quality early childhood education (ECE) begins with well-prepared, highly qualified educators. This brief offers practitioners and policymakers an opportunity to learn from promising programs that recruit and prepare racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse cohorts of educators to teach in programs serving children birth…

While community colleges have been accessible for adult learners with an immigrant and an English Language Learning (ELL) background, there is a gap between preparation and academic success on the college level among these students. Within community colleges, older adult English as a Second Language (ESL) students have the lowest first-semester…