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David William Stoten – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2023
The well-being of doctoral students is a matter of concern for the Higher Education sector, not least during the COVID pandemic. The challenge of a doctorate is regarded as a test of a student's capability as an independent researcher and for future career potential. However, this challenge extends beyond the formal examination process to include…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Doctoral Students, Part Time Students
LaShica Davis Waters; Michelle Bartlett – Journal of Educators Online, 2024
This qualitative narrative inquiry study explores lived experiences of seven working adult part-time online students, mostly community college transfers, in a Research 1 institution's online degree-completion program. Using in-depth interviews, four key themes are identified: access, engagement, inclusion, and university pride in students'…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Part Time Students, Adults, Distance Education
Philipo 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
Maynard, John P., II; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2021
In this multiyear, statewide investigation, the extent to which enrollment rates of male and female, part-time, first-time-in-college students enrolled in Texas community colleges differed from the 2003-2004 academic year to the 2018-2019 academic year was determined. From the 2003-2004 academic year to the 2011-2012 academic year, statistically…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Two Year College Students, Part Time Students, College Freshmen
Pong, Hok-Ko; Leung, Chi Hung; Cheung, Ho Yin – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In the current research, we developed and validated a questionnaire to measure Chinese working adults' motivation to study accounting on a path of lifelong learning in Hong Kong, China. We conducted individual in-depth interviews with adult learners (n = 30) and professionals (n = 12) in study 1 and study 2. Qualitative analysis showed six…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Foreign Countries, College Students
Benjamin Frank Umbarger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate community college student perceptions of academic advising for 12 first-time first-generation (FTFG) General Studies students attending a rural southeastern community college. The phenomenological research approach was utilized to better understand participant experiences by…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, First Generation College Students, Academic Advising
Baïdak, Nathalie; Sicurella, Agathina – European Education and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2021
This publication focuses on the duration of compulsory education/training in Europe. It highlights the starting and leaving ages and distinguishes the notions of full-time and part-time compulsory education/training. The information is available for 39 European education systems covering 37 countries participating in the EU's Erasmus+ programme.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, School Entrance Age, Elementary Secondary Education
Flynn, Susan; Collins, Joseph; Malone, Lindsay – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2022
The Faculty of Lifelong Learning at South East Technological University's Carlow campus, is one of the largest providers of part-time learning in the Irish Higher Education sector. A large majority of our lifelong learners, 88%, are adult learners over the age of 23, therefore the perspectives of our part-time learners offer us valuable insights…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, COVID-19
Anastasia Badder – Journal of Jewish Education, 2024
Much research on part-time Jewish educational programs has focused on curricular content and pedagogy. Yet classrooms involve diverse exchanges about curricular subjects as well as those that appear little related to Jewish studies; both are motivated by assumptions about which things count as Jewish matters of concern and appropriate orientations…
Descriptors: Judaism, Teaching Methods, Religious Education, Ethnography
Arts, Margit; Bronkhorst, Larike H. – Vocations and Learning, 2020
As learning societies necessitate continuous education, a growing number of part-time programs are being offered. A key challenge for part-time programs is adequately supporting students in connecting their learning within the program to their work life, which in contrast to dual education is not part of the program. To better understand such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Education, Part Time Students
Ardissone, Alexandria N.; Galindo, Sebastian; Wysocki, Allen F.; Triplett, Eric W.; Drew, Jennifer C. – Innovative Higher Education, 2021
Current policies and interventions to enhance student success and retention are often tied to full-time enrollment, which are substantiated by studies associating part-time enrollment with lower retention and poorer academic outcomes. However, these findings are limited to studies of first-time college students and do not represent today's…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Part Time Students, School Holding Power
Efrem Melián; Julio Meneses – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
Despite the increasing number of non-traditional doctoral researchers, this population's experiences remain largely understudied and their voices unheard. Through in-depth interviews with 24 part-time online doctoral candidates, we explored the perceived facilitators and barriers to academic integration and sense of belonging, as well as how…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Doctoral Students, Sense of Community
Massyn, Liezel – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2023
Ample literature on the retention of undergraduate students is available. However, information on the retention of postgraduate students in doctoral research is not abundant, especially when the population comprises working adult students studying on a part-time basis. This article aims to explore factors that influence retention in this group of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Part Time Students
Matthews, Adam; Kotzee, Ben – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
In the UK, higher education (HE) policy discourse over the past 60 years has advocated flexible part-time HE for social mobility, personal development, economic advantage and leisure. However, part-time undergraduate HE in the UK is in steep decline. Against this backdrop, we were interested in how universities promote, or fail to promote,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Part Time Students, Undergraduate Students, Universities
Ho, Yan Yin; Yeo, Eun-Young; Wijaya, Dhaniah Suhana Binte Mohammad – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2023
The increasing number of adult learners in higher education is a trend that has been observed in recent years. An impetus for this trend is the need for upskilling and re-skilling in order to stay relevant and employable in today's world of globalised knowledge. However, finding uninterrupted blocks of time to study in adult learners' busy…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Technology, Undergraduate Students, Learning Activities