Descriptor
| Adult Students | 3 |
| Experiential Learning | 3 |
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Weekend Programs | 3 |
| Females | 2 |
| Nontraditional Education | 2 |
| Admission Criteria | 1 |
| Associate Degrees | 1 |
| Bachelors Degrees | 1 |
| Business Administration… | 1 |
| College Admission | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Innovative Higher Education | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedKlassen, Peter T. – Innovative Higher Education, 1983
Adult students in an interdisciplinary, experiential weekend social science course showed significant increases on 11 Personal Orientation Inventory subscales and the Walton-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, with no sex differences found. This supports experiential learning as effective in the continuation and reinforcement of the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Critical Thinking, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Sutherland, Lee W. – 1980
As a prerequisite to developing an undergraduate weekend college for the School of Management at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, a literature review and correspondence with institutions providing a weekend college were undertaken. The study objective was to discover which institutions offer such a program, how they operate, the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Download full textFisher-Thompson, Jeanne – 1980
Problems and barriers that women often face when re-entering the higher educational system are identified, and ways in which institutions can be more responsive to re-entry students are suggested. A wide range of possible actions is included so that institutions can pursue those most appropriate to their individual circumstances. Definitions are…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Credits, College Students, Compliance (Legal)
