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Direct linkPhilipo Lonati Sanga; Gennes Hendry Shirima – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2024
The focus of this paper is to report the findings of a qualitative study whose purpose was to analyse the experiences of adult learners pursuing evening postgraduate degree programmes at the university level in Tanzania. Using ethnographic research combined with multiple case research design, together with in-depth interviews and documentary…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Responsibility, Universities, Foreign Countries
Pragg, Karima – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2015
The Evening University (EU) programme at the University of the West Indies offers an opportunity for working adults and nontraditional students to earn undergraduate degrees. A qualitative framework was used to explore the reasons those enrolled in this programme sought tertiary education and to identify any challenges they faced throughout their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evening Programs, Nontraditional Students, Universities
Miller, Marilyn V., Ed. – 1960
The bulk of this anthology treats adults as different from adolescents, in learning and in other respects, and the resultant demands which these differences make upon flexible, conscientious teachers of adults. Three essays deal with an overall view of adult education, its challenges, problems, and rewards. Other essays are concerned with the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Carters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the eighth of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Part-Time and Evening Students: Profiles and Prospects in the Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney.
Download full textTurtle, Alison M.; Jack, Sybil M. – Vestes, 1985
Results of a survey of University of Sydney faculty of arts students concerning their educational aspirations and progress, employment patterns, class scheduling and attendance patterns, and college choice are summarized and discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age, Attendance Patterns, College Choice
Charters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the seventh of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit liberal education offered by colleges and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Bittner, W. S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Of the liberal movements dominating the thought of the world today, the greatest of all is the sweep of education. No phrase or dissertation can compass the entire scope or catch all the essential elements of the newer education that is shaping itself. But everywhere one direction is apparent: The trend of education is toward the people in mass…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Extension Education, Agricultural Colleges
