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Direct linkDiana M. Katovitch – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A subset of individuals with learning disabilities is currently prevented from accessing postsecondary education; these individuals experience general learning disabilities, or GLD (Greenspan, 2017, p. 117). GLD is not a formal disability category in K-12 special education; individual students might not be eligible for academic supports and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Access to Education
Curtis A. Buren – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The problem addressed by this study was that adults with learning disabilities have difficulty achieving academic success in online education programs using 3D imaging. As a result of their difficulty, many online instructors fail to develop a deep understanding of perceptions from students with different types of disabilities. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Learning Disabilities, Electronic Learning, Postsecondary Education
Danielle C. Jackson – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Learning disabilities (LD) are a set of complex disorders, also known as "hidden" disabilities, which require comprehensive and tailored supports to meet the specific needs of individuals. As such, because of such complexities and with college attendance on the rise in recent years, it is necessary to understand the needs of students…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Learning Disabilities, Student Personnel Services, Students with Disabilities
Milner, Michelle R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study focused on what persistent factors contribute to adults with learning disabilities sustaining enrollment in college. The number of students who enter higher education programs with learning disabilities continues to increase (Eckes & Ochoa, 2005; Madaus & Shaw, 2006; Newman, Wagner, Cameto, & Knokey, 2009). This study…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Learning Disabilities, Academic Persistence, College Students
Winn, James Bates – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe and better understand the meaning, structure, and essence of the experience of learning for adults labeled with learning disabilities as perceived by adults labeled with a "learning disability." Through a purposeful sampling method, six participants were chosen to participate in recorded…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Learning Experience
Lewis, Tracy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this multiple case study was to identify ways to improve learner persistence in General Equivalency Diploma (GED) programs in the U.S. The participants in this multiple case study were GED instructors and adults without high school diplomas who were enrolled in two GED programs were located in the Southern and Southwestern U.S.…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Reading Skills, Self Efficacy, Transportation
