A part-time degree programme has been run at the Liverpool John Moores University, formerly Liverpool Polytechnic, for some 20 years without any systematic attempt to evaluate its effects on students. An evaluation was begun by focusing on graduates of the programme who entered between 1992 and 1994 and continued with recent part-time students.…

This study examined the demographic, pre-college, environmental, and college factors that impact students' interests in and decisions to earn a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree among students attending a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Results indicated that Hispanic students were well represented among STEM…

Many studies have acknowledged a shift from elite to mass participation in Australian higher education over the last decade. As the diversity of the student intake rises there is a growing interest in the factors predicting their success or failure. This article identifies a set of variables predicting University of Western Sydney (UWS) student…

This report includes Summer 2007 semester enrollment information for Wyoming's seven comprehensive community colleges. Selected data includes student counts by credit hours, county, full-time students (FTE), program or study, ethnicity and a ten-year history. (Contains 12 tables.) [For the Spring 2007 enrollment report, see ED502750.]

Article focused on the achievements of the Lea Green School for maladjusted children. (Editor/RK)

Training programs for paraprofessional school personnel, growing out of the employment needs of the economically disadvantaged and the personnel needs of schools, are not useful in providing for the presumed goals of the paraprofessional--to become a teacher. To attain accreditation in most states, paraprofessionals must participate in a college…

There has been considerable discussion in the literature of higher education regarding significant changes in student body characteristics. The data in this document examines distribution of students at the State University of New York system by age group and sex. Tables array four fundamental student characteristics: age, sex, level…

The Bachelor of General Studies degree, a special degree program at the University of Nebraska, was established in 1950, as an academic division for the exclusive benefit of adult part-time students. The program has three distinctive features: (1) any useful combination of liberal arts and professional courses is acceptable; (2) the able student…

This paper is a capsule statement based on a much longer report of the American Council on Education's Committee on the Financing of Higher Education for Adult Students. Five major points are emphasized: (1) The pluralism of the United States is reflected in its postsecondary education system and its clientele's educational needs; (2) Part-time…

A workshop was conducted by a commission concerned with encouraging and directing the leadership in student personnel work for adults in higher education. The workshop objectives were to highlight the unique characteristics of adult students and to explore the new setting that is emerging. In addition, an attempt was made to encourage creative…

Part-time undergraduate student numbers have been increasing over the last 15 years. Some 615 separate part-time first degree courses in Great Britain are identified and examined in terms of the types of institutions offering them, their accreditation, timing, mode of provision, subject, entry and exit arrangements, and location. (Author/MLW)

Survey of part-time graduate students at six English universities and colleges reveals 70 percent were teachers, 14 percent engaged in research, 55 percent were motivated by earning higher salaries, 40 percent to qualify for better jobs and 48 percent by interest in subject and research. (IR)

A look at the studying processes of English college students who are being taught by BBC instructional programs and supplementary materials. (LS)