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Direct linkTaylor, ZW; Bicak, Ibrahim – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
Although adult learners (aged 25-34) have comprised over 33% of all enrolled students in US institutions of higher education, researchers have consistently found adult learners are under-supported by federal and institutional financial aid, leading these students to experience high dropout rates and low graduation rates. To better understand what…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students
Benjamin, Aaron S. – Psychological Review, 2010
It is widely assumed that older adults suffer a deficit in the psychological processes that underlie remembering of contextual or source information. This conclusion is based in large part on empirical interactions, including disordinal ones, that reveal differential effects of manipulations of memory strength on recognition in young and old…
Descriptors: Memory, Age Differences, Context Effect, Aging (Individuals)
