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Falcone, Tara M. – Online Submission, 2011
As a group, low-income, low-socioeconomic status, first-generation and working class students have lower persistence rates and educational attainment than their peers from higher- socioeconomic backgrounds. These gaps in college persistence and degree attainment have endured over the years with no evidence that they are diminishing in time. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Working Class, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Attainment
Charnley, A. H.; And Others – 1983
The twelfth in a series of research reviews investigating adult education in Great Britain, this paper focuses on adult education activities in local geographic areas and on the concept of "community" and its enhancement of adult education services. After part 1 summarizes the other reviews in the series, part 2 discusses the role of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community, Community Characteristics