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Tucho, Admasu Etefa – 2000
This study determined which of three types of educational barriers (institutional, situational, or dispositional) represented the major problem preventing adult students from completing their general educational development (GED) studies at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) in Pennsylvania. A Likert-type survey instrument was used to collect…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Colleges
Colert, Sherril – 1984
The academic achievement and attrition of high school equivalency students attending Brandon University, a small undergraduate Canadian university, were studied, as were the students' reactions to college life. The students, who received a high school equivalency certificate after completing the Tests of General Educational Development (GED), were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, College Environment