Depression is a problem in the student population and may impact students of any age, gender and ethnicity. Previous studies have indicated student demographic characteristics are associated with depression; however, these studies have not utilised scales specifically designed to measure depression in the student population. The aim of the present…

Part time students tend to space their attendance evenly throughout year, suggesting that course offerings should be substantial during evening and summer sessions. (Author)

Used longitudinal data from the 1990-1994 Beginning Postsecondary Students Survey to evaluate the frequency of part-time enrollment and the persistence of students who ever enroll part time. Between 40% and 50% of students attending part time at least one nonsummer term, and persistence was surprisingly high. (SLD)

This report provides annualized enrollment information for the Wyoming community college system for the 2007-2008 academic year. During this year, credit headcount at Wyoming's community colleges has increased by 4.8%, and now exceeds 24,000. The report also indicates that a once prevalent difference between the enrollment of men and women is…

This study explores the dimensions of the work/life/study balance and its influence on student participation in higher education, through a case study of the experience of higher education students, studying both full time and part time, in a Scottish further education college. The experience of the students and the work/life/study challenges that…

A part-time degree programme has been run at the Liverpool John Moores University, formerly Liverpool Polytechnic, for some 20 years without any systematic attempt to evaluate its effects on students. An evaluation was begun by focusing on graduates of the programme who entered between 1992 and 1994 and continued with recent part-time students.…

Many older students are concerned with satisfying vocational objectives, while others search for personal fulfillment or information relating to civic concerns and economic problems. Special challenges now confront the higher education faculty as it responds to society's expectation that lifelong education will soon be available to all citizens.…

This report includes Summer 2007 semester enrollment information for Wyoming's seven comprehensive community colleges. Selected data includes student counts by credit hours, county, full-time students (FTE), program or study, ethnicity and a ten-year history. (Contains 12 tables.) [For the Spring 2007 enrollment report, see ED502750.]

This report examines the University of California's potential for responding to the needs of part-time students and urges the University into unchartered but exciting educational arenas. The report asks the University to make its upper division and master's program more available, its facilities more accessible, and its support services more…

Nearly half of all full-time working college students are working enough hours to hurt their academic achievement and the overall quality of their education. At the same time, the majority of these students report that they would not be able to attend college if they did not work. As college costs have risen, federal grant-aid has failed to keep…

A discussion of university provision for the least considered students, and some proposals for improvement. (Editor)

Deferred Opportunity Education is a challenging opportunity by a small, day college in southeast Pennsylvania (OUR LADY OF ANGELS COLLEGE) to attempt to reach out to the adult women of the local community. The program permits any woman to return to college on a class schedule which has been tailored to her needs in terms of class hours, credits,…

Concerns have been raised that adult undergraduates, those 24 and older, receive inadequate assistance in meeting the costs of postsecondary education, especially those who take one to five credits per term, or less than halftime. Less-than-halftime students are not eligible for the Stafford loan programs and are eligible to receive only one of…