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Smith, RaQuaam; Klare, Matthew; Fowler, Catherine – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative, 2021
This set of resources organizes evidence-based strategies for re-engaging and supporting students with disabilities and their families through school completion. This document is comprised of three related quick references--Part 1: Identify Who Is Missing; Part 2: Re-Engaging Students; and Part 3: Continuing Ongoing Dropout Prevention. Each…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education
Indiana Department of Education, 2019
More than 112,000 Indiana students speak a language other than English at home, and there are over 275 different languages represented in Indiana schools. Of these, over 50,000 students have been formally identified as English learners due to limited proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing academic English. English learners make…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Language Fluency, Student Needs
Midland Lutheran Coll., Fremont, NE. – 1985
This handbook was designed to offer a low-cost, local, and practical approach to working with re-entry women college students. It is intended for use by staff in small colleges (under 1,000 students) where women's centers and on-campus child care are rare and where the needs of re-entry students have not been adequately addressed. The information…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Students, Females
Loseth, Lexie; Moreau, Linda – 1988
Following a review of the literature on mature female students, this paper examines enrollment trends in a selection of colleges in Alberta (Canada) and presents the findings of a survey of returning women students at Red Deer College. The literature review highlights factors related to the personal and professional development of women graduates…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Females

Rachlis, Lorne – Clearing House, 1981
The administrator of a high school equivalency program discusses the needs and preferences of returning adult students and suggests steps that the school can take to make these students feel comfortable on campus and in the classroom. (SJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Students, Class Organization, Counseling

Belcher, Jacquelyn M. – Community Services Catalyst, 1989
Considers ways that factors in the college environment can negatively affect the performance and perceptions of self-efficacy of students and faculty. Discusses the problems and needs of a fictional science instructor suddenly confronting students unable to understand basic course concepts and of an older student anxious about returning to school.…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Gilpin, Bernadine – 1989
Designed to help instructors create a supportive learning environment for older than average students, this guidebook outlines the special needs of adult students and offers advice on instruction and course management. Each chapter of the instructor's manual corresponds to a chapter in "Time for College," a book designed to teach adult students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Anxiety

Doelling, Jane E.; Bryde, Suzanne – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
Guidelines are presented to assist medical, rehabilitative, and educational personnel in helping students with traumatic brain injury make the transition into a school setting. Included are a model for documentation of present level of performance and a guide for appropriate accommodations in public school programs to plan for school reentry. (SW)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Cooperative Planning, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Corbett, Sandra L.; Ross-Thomson, Betty – 1996
This resource and planning guide provides a framework for practitioners to create an effective educational program for students with traumatic brain injuries. Chapters 1 and 2 provide an overview of brain injuries including information on brain physiology, types of brain injuries, and differences by age. Chapter 3 discusses returning to school,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Disability Identification, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Tyler, Deidre A. – 1993
For educators to effectively meet the needs of at-risk nontraditional college students, they must quickly identify such students, utilize the best available teaching techniques, and work to guarantee student retention. Swift identification of potential at-risk students depends on educators' awareness of common indicators, such as the student…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning
Uncapher, Barbara W.; And Others – 1983
Suggestions for meeting the needs of returning adult students at The Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus, are presented. The suggestions resulted from meetings involving undergraduate adult representatives and faculty organizational officers. Recommendations are offered regarding: orientation, financial aid, book loan fund, the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, Career Counseling
Thiel, Kathleen K. – 1985
Besides having to cope with the usual pressures associated with the transition to adulthood, dropouts must deal with the stigma attached to the fact that they are school dropouts. Research reveals that, for a variety of socioeconomic and psychological reasons, dropouts are generally less able to plan, less willing to work hard, and less skilled in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Continuing Education
Mather, Joy; Atkinson, Sue – 2003
This document explains how tutors and managers in adult education programs across the United Kingdom can smooth the journeys of adults with mental health difficulties who are returning to learning. The handbook begins with suggestions for its use and case studies of two adult learners with mental health difficulties. Sections 1 through 4 discuss…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Wagner, June G. – Keying In, 2002
This document contains three articles on teaching the growing population of nontraditional students. "The Changing Demographics of the Classroom" defines "nontraditional students"; reviews the characteristics, risk factors, and special needs of nontraditional students; and identifies the following services as particularly important to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students