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Korstange, Ryan; Hall, Jeff; Holcomb, Jamie; Jackson, Jasmeial – Adult Learning, 2020
All incoming students have a first experience with their institution. This article reviews literature on adult education, online learning, and first-year student success to articulate the scope of experiences and programs that ought to be included in institutional efforts aimed at helping adult students be successful in their first year of online…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Freshmen, Nontraditional Students, School Orientation
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Aslanian, Carol – Equity and Excellence, 1989
Discusses literature concerning why and when adults return to school. Discusses study of 2,000 adults which investigated the concepts of transitions and triggers as possible reasons for returning to school. Findings indicate for 83 percent, learning was a utilitarian means; for 17 percent, learning was an end that justified itself. (JS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Career Change, Higher Education