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Hunt, Turonne; Rasor, Amy; Patterson, Margaret Becker – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2019
This paper investigates the role of leadership training in developing voice in adult learners. Twenty-one (21) adult education programs were randomly selected for evaluation: 13 programs received an 8-hour leadership training and 12 subsequently completed a leadership project; the remaining eight served as control programs. Qualitative methods…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Leadership, Leadership Training, Pretests Posttests
Milner, Michelle R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study focused on what persistent factors contribute to adults with learning disabilities sustaining enrollment in college. The number of students who enter higher education programs with learning disabilities continues to increase (Eckes & Ochoa, 2005; Madaus & Shaw, 2006; Newman, Wagner, Cameto, & Knokey, 2009). This study…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Learning Disabilities, Academic Persistence, College Students
Cantrell, Lezlie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify, compile, and describe how community college graduate dental hygienists perceived their initial dental hygiene curriculum preparation and how they subsequently adapted their curriculum preparation in order to perform their responsibilities in their first clinical dental hygiene job.…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Communication Skills, Phenomenology, Community Colleges
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Welton, Anjalé D.; Mansfield, Katherine Cumings; Lee, Pei-Ling – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2014
There is limited research on quantitative differences between men and women's experiences in doctoral programs. We aim to fill that gap by sharing findings from a web-based exploratory survey of perceived gender differences on quality mentoring in educational leadership doctoral programs. According to survey results, there is limited…
Descriptors: Mentors, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, Leadership Training