Research on student engagement, study engagement and academic entitlement has followed separate paths. This research examined how the concepts relate to each other among traditional and non-traditional Finnish business students (N = 476). A cluster analysis indicated that students form two clusters. Part-time students, students over the age of 25,…

Recent years have seen growing recognition of the importance of a college-educated workforce to meet the needs of employers and ensure economic growth. Lifelong learning, including completing a postsecondary credential, increasingly is necessary to improve employment outcomes among workers, both old and young, who face rising demands for new and…

Federal and state student financial aid programs and their future are outlined in this discussion paper. An introduction to the issues of student financial aid and higher education finance includes recent changes in financing patterns due to expansion, reduction, and erosion of assets; state and federal appropriations; tax privileges; and student…

The document presents a study of the demand of part-time learning in Ontario, identifying learners, would-be-learners, and non-learners, and providing information on how people learn, their intentions for learning, their motivations, and various factors which obstruct their efforts and desires to learn. Chapters, with 157 tables, include: (1) The…