The results showed as much variation within the groups of mature women and young women as between the two groups. Mature women found little in the academic or social life of the institution with which to identify; neither did the young women. (Author/CG)

Studied women students over age 30 (N=439) in advanced-level graduate and professional programs. Examined their motivations for returning to school, their choice of field, barriers and facilitating factors in their educational experience, and resulting identity changes. Found women used graduate or professional study to develop intellectually or…

A study followed for a year or more the internal experiences of learning and change of 41 adult basic education/English as a second language learners enrolled in these 3 programs: community college, family literacy site, and workplace site. It focused on learners' meanings as the starting point for exploration and used a developmental lens to…