This study focuses on the education of adult students as being more complex than traditional students. Because jobs are more complex, and the growing emphasis on credentials, these factors create a demand for better access to a greater range of educational programs. These demands can be an opportunity for creative institutions to design individualized curricula, new roles for faculty, and new approaches to learning. The (COP) Project was designed to do some of the above in the past. A survey study focusing on participants in the (COP) Project in Springfield, Massachusetts, was conducted. Three questions were addressed: (1) Was (COP) able to attract persons who would not normally have pursued educational careers? (2) Did (COP) provide career...
The Problem. The purpose of the study was to determine perceived vocational adult education program ...
The investigation examined the attitudes of selected academics and decision-makers towards adult stu...
ABSTRACT: Education is something that is valued more each and every day. A growing number of people ...
Americans seek some form of education outside the established education system indicating that the e...
Despite declining overall enrollment and projected demand, regional comprehensive universities in ce...
Institutions of formal education have a survival interest in the question of why most adults do not ...
The purpose of this study was to question a selected group of 28 adult undergraduate students to gai...
The Problem. The research states that Adult Basic Education programs experience high drop-out rates ...
This dissertation was concerned with why some adults participate in organized adult education activ...
Vita.Among the recent trends in college enrollments has been the dramatic increase in the number of ...
Adult learners, particularly working adults pursuing higher education, face barriers which may be di...
Those who enter into graduate study bring with them a diverse array of needs and interests. Graduate...
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the emergence of a new species of institution-the urban small college-...
The study compares the responses of 645 students in nontraditional undergraduate and graduate degree...
This study surveyed four-year institutions to examine the extent to which different categories of fo...
The Problem. The purpose of the study was to determine perceived vocational adult education program ...
The investigation examined the attitudes of selected academics and decision-makers towards adult stu...
ABSTRACT: Education is something that is valued more each and every day. A growing number of people ...
Americans seek some form of education outside the established education system indicating that the e...
Despite declining overall enrollment and projected demand, regional comprehensive universities in ce...
Institutions of formal education have a survival interest in the question of why most adults do not ...
The purpose of this study was to question a selected group of 28 adult undergraduate students to gai...
The Problem. The research states that Adult Basic Education programs experience high drop-out rates ...
This dissertation was concerned with why some adults participate in organized adult education activ...
Vita.Among the recent trends in college enrollments has been the dramatic increase in the number of ...
Adult learners, particularly working adults pursuing higher education, face barriers which may be di...
Those who enter into graduate study bring with them a diverse array of needs and interests. Graduate...
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the emergence of a new species of institution-the urban small college-...
The study compares the responses of 645 students in nontraditional undergraduate and graduate degree...
This study surveyed four-year institutions to examine the extent to which different categories of fo...
The Problem. The purpose of the study was to determine perceived vocational adult education program ...
The investigation examined the attitudes of selected academics and decision-makers towards adult stu...
ABSTRACT: Education is something that is valued more each and every day. A growing number of people ...