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A Study of the St. Cloud, Minnesota, Adult Diploma Program: A School Choice Program. [and] Minnesota Legislation on Choice: A Study of Learners in the St. Cloud, Minnesota, Adult Diploma Program.
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Randall, Ruth E.; And Others – 1993
A study examined the Adult Diploma Program (ADP), a project of the Minnesota High School Graduation Incentives Program, which gives 2 years of state aid to qualified learners to complete their requirements. Its purpose was to explore how persons enrolled in ADP find out about it, factors that led to making the decision to enroll in ADP, daily…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Enrollment Influences, High School Equivalency Programs
Soldiers Preparing for New Careers: An Examination of the Motivations and Barriers Associated with Postsecondary Educational Participation of Nontraditional Students in Transition.
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Covert, Clinton Mark – 2002
A study identified and compared characteristics of enlisted soldiers who participated in postsecondary educational offerings to those who did not and identified barriers to participation for participants and nonparticipants. Individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 92 soldiers at one Army installation. Nonparticipants named these…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Armed Forces, Career Change
Patterns of Participation in Canadian Literacy and Upgrading Programs: Results of a National Follow-Up Study.
Long, Ellen – 2001
In early 1999, ABC Canada and Literacy British Columbia (BC) worked with 55 literacy organizations across Canada to study student recruitment and retention. Telephone interviews were conducted with 338 people who had contacted programs seeking literacy information or services (callers). Findings indicated callers constituted a broad cross-section…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developed Nations