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Collins, Pamela J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to help fill the knowledge gap on stand-alone transition-to-college courses for adult students in an institutional setting where such courses have been extensively utilized via different delivery mediums. The ultimate goal was to use the knowledge obtained to aid personnel who work with nontraditional degree programs…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Grade Point Average, Time to Degree, Nontraditional Education
McGuire, Patricia A. – Trusteeship, 2010
U.S. Department of Education studies reveal that, by various measures, almost 75 percent of college students today are "non-traditional." While the "non-traditional" label used to refer mostly to students beyond the 18-to-22 age range (about 40 percent of college students are older than 22), the phrase now connotes students of all ages who are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, College Students, Adult Students
Polidano, Cain; Zakirova, Rezida – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Working in some capacity is almost considered de rigueur for tertiary students. The reasons for working and the impact this has on both an individual's ability to complete their studies and on their post-study labour market outcomes are only recently receiving attention. Using the 1995 and 1998 cohorts of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Hours, Higher Education, Income
Wagner, Mary; Newman, Lynn; Cameto, Renee; Levine, Phyllis; Garza, Nicolle – National Center for Special Education Research, 2006
This report is an executive summary of two previously-released reports presenting findings from Wave 2: The Academic Achievement and Functional Performance of Youth with Disabilities and After High School: A First Look at the Postschool Experiences of Youth with Disabilities. Some key findings presented in the Overview include the following: (1) A…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Performance Based Assessment, Out of School Youth, Education Work Relationship