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Blaxter, Loraine; Tight, Malcolm – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1994
Interviews with 36 adult part-time students at Warwick and Coventry Universities showed that 13 alternate student roles with other life roles and 23 attempt to combine roles and responsibilities. All combiners were employed full or part time; all but one of the alternators were unemployed or retired. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Adult Students, College Students
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers