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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Non-traditional Student"”.
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Academic integrity and the non-traditional student: Demographics, rationales, and the role of religious beliefs
… dissertation examined academic integrity among nontraditional college students attending nontraditional educational degree programs. Conducted at a midsized regionally accredited theological school, only nontraditional students were included. The primary focus was to provide data on the …
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Understanding Faculty and Non-Traditional Student Perceptions of Self-Directed Learning in a Practical Nursing Program
… to identify and investigate nursing faculty and student perspectives of self-directed learning in a practical nursing program. It also explored the degree to which student's perceptions of self-directed learning exhibited factors consistent with that of critical thinking. This study is important …
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Storying students’ ecologies of belonging: a narrative inquiry into the relationship between ‘first generation’ students and the University
… in a post-1992 university in the UK. Issues of student engagement and belonging in Higher Education (HE) have been the subject of research within recent years as a way to enhance rates of student retention and success, as the Widening Participation agenda has realised a changing demographic …
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Storying students’ ecologies of belonging: a narrative inquiry into the relationship between ‘first generation’ students and the University
… in a post-1992 university in the UK. Issues of student engagement and belonging in Higher Education (HE) have been the subject of research within recent years as a way to enhance rates of student retention and success, as the Widening Participation agenda has realised a changing demographic …
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The uses and gratifications of the World Wide Web at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas
… by using the Web. One hundred thirty college students at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas were surveyed on media and Web usage and gratifications. This study introduces the factors of self-perception of residency and of traditional vs. non-traditional student as influences on Web usage and …
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An exploration of the role of coaching in supporting non-traditional students in higher education in the UK : the perspectives of the students and their coaches
… and ensuring fair access to universities for non-traditional students has been a key policy objective for successive governments in the UK since the late 1990’s. In spite of the relative success of policies and strategies to increase and retain the number of non-traditional students accessing …
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Resilience, complete mental health and academic achievement in traditional and non-traditional first year psychology students
… Australian higher education in the late 1980s, students from historically under-represented backgrounds (i.e., ‘non-traditional’ students) have become increasingly the norm. While some argue that widening participation is problematic, research regarding the relationships between non-traditional …
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Determining the Specific Transition Needs of Military and Veteran Students (MVS), A Qualitative/Mixed Methods Study
… number of challenges await military and veteran students (MVS) as they make their way to college campuses. These non-traditional students will transition to an environment different from the one they experienced while serving. This problem exists because a majority of the post-secondary schools …
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Academic Persistence and Attrition Among Freshman Traditional and Non-Traditional Students at a Public Midwestern Commuter University
<p><em>Problem.</em> This research examined student background characteristics, student social and institutional integrations, and their relation to attrition rates of freshman students at a public Midwestern commuter university.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> A quantitative research methodology based on …
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The Lived Experience of Non-traditional Students in the Occupational Science Program at Eastern Kentucky University
… study was to discover the lived experience of non-traditional students in the OS program at EKU. The findings of this research will allow faculty, staff, and other students to gain an understanding of this population of students and their perspective and experience. </p> <p>To reach the …
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Balanced at the Last Straw: Reflections on Sandwich Generation
… my PHD, and becoming a writer.</p> <p>I am a non-traditional student (over 50) in a nontraditional life, but the backdrop is in many ways typical: Raised in an extended multi-generational multilingual Italian immigrant family, trained in the stories, folk-wisdom, and inter-generational cooking …
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A Quasi-Experimental Study Evaluating a Reflective Teaching Method, as Measured in the Writing of Nurses' Notes
… educators to be aware of methods that will help students develop reflective thinking. An innovative reflective teaching method was created that will help facilitate critical thinking. Because this method also includes reflective writing, the evaluation of this method was measured using nursing …
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Up Close and Personal: Using Narrative Inquiry to Examine the Persistance Strategies Utilized by Non-Traditional African American Women Students At A Traditionally Oriented University
… (NCES), nearly half of the enrolled college students in the United States of America (USA) are 24 years of age or older. Over one-third are at least 35 years old, which translates into over four million students being a part of growing mature and/or non-traditional student population. Women …
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Accessibility, affordability, and flexibility: The relationship of selected state sociopolitical factors and the participation of adults in public two-year colleges
<p>This non-experimental, quantitative study examined the extent selected state sociopolitical factors relate to adult participation in public two-year colleges, and assessed how Montana compares to those states enrolling the most adult students. Utilizing archived data from the National Center for …
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Accessibility, affordability, and flexibility: The relationship of selected state sociopolitical factors and the participation of adults in public two-year colleges
<p>This non-experimental, quantitative study examined the extent selected state sociopolitical factors relate to adult participation in public two-year colleges, and assessed how Montana compares to those states enrolling the most adult students. Utilizing archived data from the National Center for …
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A Phenomenological Study to Describe the Pursuit of a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing by Associate Degree Registered Nurses
<p>An associate degree in nursing is obtained in the community college setting and is designed to be completed in 2 years of full-time study. Approximately 70% of practicing registered nurses (RNs) are educated at the associate degree or diploma (vocational training) level with only 15% moving on …
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Engaging with the Invisible: STS Groundwork in an Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
… reframe STS knowledge and move it beyond the traditional scope and boundaries of the field. They use various methods such as critical participation, making and doing, situated interventions, and experimentation to critically engage with their fields of study. These scholars have evaluated …
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An analysis of student participation in campus governance as a contributing factor to student development
Student involvement in the management and operation of the institution of higher education is perhaps one of the most controversial issues on college and university campuses resulting from the campus unrest in the 1960's. Many university officials, faculty and administrators have ceded long …