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McCallum, Constance L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In the United States, over 90 million adult students, aged 25 years or older, are engaging in post-secondary studies (Stokes, 2006). Adult learners are the fastest growing segment in higher education and this trend is expected to continue into the future (Benshoff & Lewis, 1992). This expanding influx of adult learners into colleges and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Educational Experience, Student Attitudes
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Derby, Dustin C. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Men's alcohol expectancies are an important cognitive-behavioral component of their consumption; yet, sparse research details such behaviors for men in two-year colleges. Selected for inclusion with the current study were 563 men from seven Illinois community colleges. Logistic regression analysis indicated four significant, positive relationships…
Descriptors: Drinking, Males, Community Colleges, College Students
Johnson-Dedeaux, Vanessa Massalyn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study was the first attempt to evaluate the college's career/technical current advising practices. The purpose of this study was to investigate career/technical students' satisfaction with academic advising at a rural community college and to investigate whether there were any relationships between students' satisfaction and various…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Student Attitudes, Humor, Community Colleges
Lowrey, Kathryn Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The reverse transfer literature contains studies investigating the demographic characteristics of postsecondary students that attended a community college after attending a four-year institution, and their proportion in the community college student population. A few researchers have investigated reverse transfer student motives for enrolling in…
Descriptors: Reverse Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Research, Demography