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Adult Undergraduate Students: Evaluating the Appropriateness of a Traditional Model of Academic Performance.
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Kasworm, Carol E.; Pike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 1994
This study examined patterns of coursework and levels of involvement of 1,099 adult students to evaluate whether some key factors commonly used to predict undergraduate students' academic performance are appropriate for use with this population. Results suggest traditional models are inappropriate for this large and growing proportion of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students
Faculty Careers: Maturation, Demographic, and Historical Effects.
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Lawrence, Janet H.; Blackburn, Robert T. – Research in Higher Education, 1985
University of Michigan faculty members were interviewed on matters related to their careers. The data were analyzed with regard to productivity, promotion rate, and perceptions and values of faculty with respect to the weight that research, teaching, and service are given in promotion decisions. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age Differences, Career Development, Careers
A Causal Model of Faculty Turnover Intentions.
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Smart, John C. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
A causal model assesses the relative influence of individual attributes, institutional characteristics, contextual-work environment variables, and multiple measures of job satisfaction on faculty intentions to leave their current institutions. Factors considered include tenure status, age, institutional status, governance style, organizational…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Mobility