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Download full textTempleton, Robert – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2021
Mature-age postgraduate students are those who are late to higher education or have returned to postgraduate study after an educational hiatus in industry. While some mature-age students seek a postgraduate qualification out of extrinsic motivations such as for vocational reasons, there are older non-traditional students who seek higher status;…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Sustainability, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Attainment
Direct linkBaik, Chi; Naylor, Ryan; Arkoudis, Sophie – Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2015
This report provides an analysis of trends over a twenty year period in the attitudes and experiences of first year students in Australian universities. It is based on the national survey of first year students undertaken by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education at five-yearly intervals since 1994. Dramatic changes have taken…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Experience, Student Attitudes
