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Download full textClark, Virginia F. – 2001
This discussion paper focuses on nontraditional female students in a developmental writing class at a small two-year college in Georgia. Through interviews, focus groups, and observation, the study discovered that women are entering college in greater numbers than ever, and the colleges, at times, have difficulty in building support systems and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Hall, Katherine Lelia – 2001
This is a qualitative study of four women receiving assistance through the Trade Readjustment Act (TRA) and who were enrolled in a developmental writing course. The TRA provides money to displaced workers for the purposes of retraining them to reenter the workforce. The four women in the study were nontraditional students and displaced garment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Basic Writing, Community Colleges
