Community College Adult Learner Experiences with a Student Success Environment
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| Title: | Community College Adult Learner Experiences with a Student Success Environment |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kachur, Tracy A., Barcinas, Susan J. |
| Source: | American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. 2020. |
| Availability: | American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. 10111 Martin Luther King Junior Highway Suite 200C, Bowie, MD 20720. Tel: 301-459-6261; Fax: 301-459-6241; e-mail: office@aaace.org; e-mail: aaace10@aol.com; Web site: http://www.aaace.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Speeches/Meeting Papers Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Two Year Colleges Adult Education |
| Descriptors: | Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Barriers, Academic Persistence, Success |
| Abstract: | This paper presents findings from a qualitative case study that investigates how adult learners experience a student success-rich culture within a community college. The data includes 14 semi-structured interviews with ten adult learners and four institutional-academic representatives, in addition to supporting document analysis of national, state, and intuitional student success initiatives and practices. Two findings are presented suggested that there is a divergence in how community college professionals and adult learners perceive and define student success, and that institutional success structures may present barriers to supporting unique adult learner needs. [For the complete volume, "American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Inaugural 2020 Conference Proceedings (Online, October 27-30, 2020)," see ED611534.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | ED611595 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper presents findings from a qualitative case study that investigates how adult learners experience a student success-rich culture within a community college. The data includes 14 semi-structured interviews with ten adult learners and four institutional-academic representatives, in addition to supporting document analysis of national, state, and intuitional student success initiatives and practices. Two findings are presented suggested that there is a divergence in how community college professionals and adult learners perceive and define student success, and that institutional success structures may present barriers to supporting unique adult learner needs. [For the complete volume, "American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Inaugural 2020 Conference Proceedings (Online, October 27-30, 2020)," see ED611534.] |
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