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Direct linkEva Marie Kane – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2016
The college student population in USA is predicted to increase from 13 million to 21 million between 2003-2015 (Strom & Storm, 2004). This increase along with the exponentially increasing cost of post-secondary education has caused an increase in the financial burden placed on students. Between 2000 and 2012, the two major post-secondary…
Descriptors: College Students, Paying for College, Student Loan Programs, Scholarships
Bonk, Curtis J.; Lee, Mimi Miyoung; Kou, Xiaojing; Xu, Shuya; Sheu, Feng-Ru – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This research targeted the learning preferences, goals and motivations, achievements, challenges, and possibilities for life change of self-directed online learners who subscribed to the monthly OpenCourseWare (OCW) e-newsletter from MIT. Data collection included a 25-item survey of 1,429 newsletter subscribers; 613 of whom also completed an…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Online Courses, Surveys, Preferences
Jones, Dennis – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014
The concern about the United States' education attainment levels as compared with those of other countries, and the consequences of this poor showing, were given visibility by the inclusion of international statistics in the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education publication, "Measuring Up 2008." That concern was…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Planning, Goal Orientation, Strategic Planning
