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Stephen P. Ostendorff – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the enrollment cliff, fueled by declining birthrates and fewer students graduating from high school, continues to challenge colleges and universities to find new enrollment and revenue streams, one area of opportunity is increasing the enrollment of adult learners in on-campus, hybrid, and online programs. Colleges, like Northeast Religious…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Intervention
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Zoe Mabbs; Holly Henderson – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2024
This short article gives an account of introducing the tradition of communal singing to Fircroft College of Adult Education in Birmingham, UK. Fircroft is an adult residential college and has its roots in the Danish folk high school movement. Communal singing is a strong tradition of this movement, but the practice has not been used in Fircroft…
Descriptors: Singing, Educational Practices, Adult Students, College Students
Fey Cole – David Fulton Publishers, 2024
"An Educator's Guide to Project-Based Learning" will inspire practitioners to implement project-based learning effectively and identifies the importance of creative and innovative classrooms for highly successful educational outcomes. Project-based learning is becoming increasingly popular for research and practice. By creating the…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Program Implementation, Educational Innovation
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Aziz, Mazen; Tran, Henry – Journal of Research Administration, 2022
Faculty Research Development (FRD) in higher education institutions (HEI) is often implemented haphazardly and rarely evaluated. In this paper, we introduce a robust assessment framework (CERTi) that utilizes an overarching (Macro-level) adult-learner faculty-centric theoretical framework which incorporates using qualitative, quantitative, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Researchers, Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation
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Fu-Ling Chung; Hsin-Hsuan Chung; Shu-Min Lin – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to help scholars comprehend the major research themes on sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education which researchers from various fields have explored and to propose several potential future research directions of the least researched SDG in higher education to support scholars in making up the gap in the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Educational Research, Adults
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Alzahrani, Yassir G.; James, Waynne B. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The focus of this article is to highlight adult education in Saudi Arabia. It also investigates the roles of early official and volunteering initiatives that established the adult education and literacy system in Saudi Arabia. In addition, a brief overview of the development of adult agencies such as Night Literacy Schools and Adult Education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Evening Programs
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Fein, David; Maynard, Rebecca A. – Grantee Submission, 2022
In 2015, Abt Associates received a grant from the Institutes for Education Sciences (IES) for a five-year "Development and Innovation" study of PTC. The purposes of the study were to gauge progress in implementing PTC and to develop and test improvements where needed. Fein et al. (2020) summarize the IES study's approach and findings. A…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Program Improvement, College Students
Lana Munip; Rebecca Klein-Collins – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2024
The Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR)--defined as a verifiable, portable, interoperable digital asset that recognizes all learning--is currently a topic of interest in the postsecondary and workplace ecosystem. The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and The EvoLLLution conducted a survey of CAEL higher education members and The…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Digital Literacy, Competence, College Credits
Pooja Patel; Sosanya Jones; James Dean Ward – ITHAKA S+R, 2024
The population of adult learners with Some College, No Credential (SCNC) has risen over the years to over 40 million individuals. A smaller subset of this population has debt that they owe their institutions directly in addition to state, federal, or private loans. As of 2020, approximately 6.6 million students owed more than $15 billion in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects
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Denny, Eleanor – Higher Education Quarterly, 2021
This paper examines students' perspectives on the main transitional challenges experienced when commencing higher education. It explores which students are most affected by the transition and is the first paper to provide an overview of student recommendations to help improve the transition in an Irish context. The study involves large-scale…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs
Rubin, Paul G.; Kauppila, Sheena A.; Taylor, Jason L.; Davis, Leanne – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2022
Situated in the northwestern corner of Ohio, Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is reengaging adult students with "some college, but no degree" (SCND), promoting equitable attainment, and improving students' workforce outcomes. BGSU is a residential four-year university with a vibrant campus culture, NCAA Athletics, and over 200…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Dropouts, Stopouts, Universities
Amanda Briggs; Daniel Kuehn; Nathan Sick; Christin Durham; Theresa Anderson; Semhar Gebrekristos – Urban Institute, 2022
The Mississippi Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (MIBEST) initiative is a statewide workforce and economic development effort led by the Mississippi Community College Board and implemented in partnership with the state's 15 community colleges. MIBEST concurrently delivers career and technical education and adult education, targeting…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Outcomes of Education
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McCorkle, Laura S.; Jennings, Sheena; Cloninger, Elizabeth – PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 2022
A description of a partnership between a university's child and family development program and a local program is provided. Through this partnership, pre-service educators participate in home visits to learn strategies to support effective communication, collaboration, and implementation of evidence-based practices to enhance the learning of young…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Young Children, Family School Relationship, Partnerships in Education
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Taylor, Jason L.; Rubin, Paul G.; Kauppila, Sheena A.; Davis, Leanne – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
This paper used data from a multi-institutional study of community colleges developing and implementing degree reclamation strategies (adult reengagement and reverse credit transfer) to understand and unpack the factors that influence implementation and capacity development. The data come from seven colleges that are implementing equity-focused…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adult Students, Reverse Transfer Students, Equal Education
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Robbins, Steven; Belur, Vinetha – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
We investigated the use of mobile-technology to deliver an evidence-based literacy training program to improve adult literacy proficiency. The training system provides immediate feedback on practice items while periodically offering encouraging messages. We used a mixed methods research approach with a primary focus on fidelity of implementation…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Skill Development
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