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Reimagining Student Engagement: How Nontraditional Adult Learners Engage in Traditional Postsecondary Environments
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Rabourn, Karyn E.; BrckaLorenz, Allison; Shoup, Rick – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2018
Adult learners are a growing population in U.S. postsecondary education who experience distinct barriers to academic success. However, higher education institutions continue to create and adhere to policies that favor traditional college students. Thus, adult learner experiences must be better understood to ensure this population is supported.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Learner Engagement, Comparative Analysis
Enhancing Student Engagement in One Institution
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Leach, Linda – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
Student engagement is important to further and higher education institutions: it is understood to be a proxy for quality teaching and governments attach a proportion of funding to student retention and completion. Many institutions are taking part in student engagement surveys, using the data generated to initiate changes to policies and practice.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
Using Adult Learning Principles as a Framework for Learning ICT Skills Needed for Research Projects
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Eyitayo, Oduronke Temitope – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
Students in higher institutions need to carry out research projects. The focus of this paper explores a model to help students learn ICT skills needed for research projects. Generally students go through the "long and hard route" to learn and use ICT resources because they do not know how to do it. The paper explores the Adult Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Student Research, Research Projects
College Students in Transition: An Annotated Bibliography
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Foote, Stephanie M., Ed.; Hinkle, Sara M., Ed.; Kranzow, Jeannine, Ed.; Pistilli, Matthew D., Ed.; Miles, LaTonya Rease, Ed.; Simmons, Jannell G., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2013
The transition from high school to college is an important milestone, but it is only one of many steps in the journey through higher education. This volume is an annotated bibliography of the emerging literature examining the many other transitions students make beyond the first year, including the sophomore year, the transfer experience, and the…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, College Bound Students, Transitional Programs
A Comparison of the Cognitive Moral Development of Christian University Seniors in Traditional versus Adult Degree Completion Programs
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Loomis, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research uses the Defining Issues Test-2 (DIT-2) to investigate the cognitive moral development of college seniors in adult degree completion (ADC) programs and traditional undergraduate (TU) programs at three Council of Christian College and University institutions. Overall, TU students had significantly higher scores on the DIT-2, TU…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Christianity, Cognitive Development, Moral Development
It's COWANBUNGA Time: Setting up Shop in a Foreign Country
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McKay, Ruth B.; Chung, Ed – Simulation & Gaming, 2008
What happens to business negotiations when culture gets in the way? Participants are about to find out. This game is an international negotiation simulation for the classroom. Participants learn, through role-playing and observation, how cross-cultural differences complicate international business negotiations. Students are formed into pairs of…
Descriptors: Class Size, Business Communication, International Trade, Cultural Differences