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Direct linkHolton-Thomas, Amber; Perez-Felkner, Lara; Templeton, Da'Shay Portis – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
To sustain the higher education industry and address U.S. economic downturns, researchers must prioritize research on undergraduates aged 24 or above -- contemporary students. This empirical study finds contemporary students have lower chances of attaining degrees--"any degrees"--than their younger peers. Using nationally representative…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, College Transfer Students, Educational Attainment, Longitudinal Studies
Download full textAndrea Chambers; Hollie Daniels; John Dooris; Arlyn Y. Moreno Luna; Sean Riordan – Association for Institutional Research, 2023
Using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2012/17 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/17), this research study explores the persistence to bachelor's degree attainment of adult students. Specifically, this study looks at adult students who expected to earn a bachelor's degree or higher, and analyzes whether…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Learning Analytics, Longitudinal Studies
Hampton, Amber E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study centers the experiences of nontraditional aged women who are 24 or older and the usefulness of Pell Grant funding to increase outcomes for attainment at the certificate, bachelor's, and associate's degree level in higher education. Critical feminist policy analysis guided the research structure, centering of women, and recommendations…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Grants, Postsecondary Education
Contreras-Mendez, Susana; Cruse, Lindsey Reichlin – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2021
Postsecondary attainment is widely recognized as key to accessing living-wage careers--in addition to fulfilling workforce demands and elevating the United States' standing on the world stage. While much of the work to increase attainment rates has recognized the role of reengaging adults who have some college credit, but no degree or certificate,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, Parents, Child Rearing
Burkheimer, G. J., Jr.; And Others – 1994
This document is a summary and evaluation of the methodological procedures and results of the full-scale implementation of the Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study, 1990-92 (BPS). The BPS starts with a cohort of students beginning postsecondary education regardless of when they completed high school. As a result, information will be…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cohort Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Choy, Susan P.; Premo, Mark K. – 1995
This report examines the participation of older undergraduates, above age 24, in postsecondary education using data from the 1989-90 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:90) and the 1990-92 Beginning Postsecondary Student Longitudinal Study (BPS:90/92). It profiles older undergraduates and compares them with younger undergraduates with…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, College Students, Demography
