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Miller, Ellen C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With older students being the new majority on campus today, it is imperative to understand the experience of adult learners who decide to return to school to complete their degree. The reasons for this surge of older students enrolling in undergraduate degree programs include the need for a more educated workforce as well as the national…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Academic Persistence, Qualitative Research
Engle, Deborah Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Organizational dependence on part-time employees is a relatively recent trend across the modern landscape of the American workforce and is especially apparent in higher education. At community colleges across the country, as well as in North Carolina, there is a substantial reliance on part-time faculty employment. This is common practice in order…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Faculty