Promoting adult student success at four-year higher education institutions

Promoting adult student success at four-year higher education institutions. (2012). Promoting adult student success at four-year higher education institutions.

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Title	Promoting adult student success at four-year higher education institutions
Abstract	This study examined motivators for and barriers encountered by non-traditional adult students in their efforts to access, persist in, and succeed in obtaining higher education. It surveyed four-year institutions to examine the extent to which different categories of four-year institutions are meeting adult students' needs and thereby promoting their success. This study drew conclusions about best practices, services, and policies at four-year institutions that promote or hinder the success of non-traditional adult students. The literature review examined access, persistence, and success and looked specifically at how a broader understanding of higher education applies to non-traditional adult students. Further, the study made recommendations about how institutional leaders can better serve this audience by promoting success through adult-friendly programs, services, materials, and policies.
Date	2012

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Title: Promoting adult student success at four-year higher education institutions
Personal Name(s): Watson, Heidi A. C.
Kerry-Moran, Kelli Jo
Corporate Name(s): Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Professional Studies in Education.
Note: Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Kerry-Moran, Kelli Jo Committee members: Gary Dean; David Piper.
Topical Subject(s): Higher Education Administration
Education Policy
Adult education