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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Nontraditional Student"”.
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The influence of conflicting role obligations on nontraditional student baccalaureate degree attainment
… member/volunteer, associated with the lives of nontraditional college students and to reveal how these conflicting role obligations influence these students' persistence toward the attainment of an undergraduate degree. This study provides a brief history of adult education in the United States …
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Nontraditional Student Risk Factors and Gender as Predictors for Enrollment in College Distance Education
… of this dissertation was to examine whether nontraditional student age, female gender, and the possession of nontraditional student risk factors predict enrollment in distance education college courses. This dissertation used data from the most recent National Postsecondary Student Aid Study …
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Perceived Effectiveness of Teaching Techniques in the Basic Interpersonal Communication Course: a Comparison Between the Traditional and Nontraditional Student
The increase of nontraditional students to college campuses requires classroom instructors fo consider unique learning needs of older (over 25) students. Current literature does not accurately address these needs for instructors of basic courses. The primary research question behind this study is …
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A Model Of Nontraditional College Student Motivation And Success
… the increase in their college enrollment, nontraditional students in U.S. postsecondary institutions are less likely to stay in college until they earn their degree. What could explain nontraditional student high attrition rates and overall success beyond what their demographic …
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Logistics regression to determine the influence of Bean and Metzner's persistence factors as defined by the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) on nontraditional students
… by items on the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE), to determine the impact on nontraditional student persistence. This quantitative study measured nontraditional student persistence at a community college in the Midwest using archival data. Independent variables included …
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Investigating How Nontraditional Elementary Preservice Teachers Negotiate the Teaching of Science
… was designed to investigate the influences on nontraditional pre-service teachers as they negotiated the teaching of science in elementary school. Based upon a sociocultural theoretical framework with an identity-in-practice lens, these influences included beliefs about science teaching, life …
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Nontraditional Students in Associate Degree Nursing: Perceived Factors Influencing Retention and Empowerment
… to attain a deeper understanding of how nontraditional associate degree registered nursing (ADRN) students experience nursing education. At a time when there is a shortage of nurses in this country, these nontraditional students add significant numbers to the nation's nursing workforce …
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A Study of Nontraditional Undergraduate Students at the University of Memphis.
<p>This study examined nontraditional student engagement into the collegiate environment on the University of Memphis (U of M) campus, specifically services and programs in the University College. The sample surveyed included 4 nontraditional undergraduate students, 1 from each grade level, aged 25 …
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Policies, programs, and services for nontraditional students at private, four year institutions in the southeastern United States
Growth in the numbers of nontraditional students on campuses nationwide has increased significantly over the past two decades. Many nontraditional students return to the campus for work-related reasons. Furthermore, societal transformations, demographic trends, and the developmental growth of …
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Transformative education: culture-based pedagogies in urban, predominately Black American elementary schools
<p>Problems facing Black American students in underfunded urban schools continue to threaten the viability of public education for this and other nontraditional student populations. These problems, along with the growing diversity of American children, prompt a reexamination of extant data on the …
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Talk Show Viewing Motives: an Exploratory Perspective
… operationalized using Rubin's motive instrument. Students from six randomly selected introductory communication classes, members of a nontraditional student organization (OASIS), and residents of a retirement home were given Rubin's instrument to assess their talk show viewing motives. The …
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POSSIBILITIES AND PERILS: EXAMINING THE EXPERIENCES OF NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
… perceptions and development of community college students as they navigate stigmas associated with a 2-year collegiate institution within the mid-Atlantic region. Community colleges continue to be labeled as a disservice in regard to academically and holistically preparing nontraditional students …
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Integration of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Modern Day Military Veterans in American Higher Education
… to participate in the study. Tinto's (1975) Student Integration Model (SIM) served as the theoretical framework for the study which focused on retention and academic support strategies that could be appropriate for racially and ethnically diverse modern day military veterans in American …
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Community College Funding and its Association to Nontraditional Students
… colleges in southeastern states and their nontraditional student enrollment trends. The researcher investigated the growth of community and technical college enrollment by analyzing southeastern United States community and technical colleges' part-time 25 to 44 year-old undergraduate …
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Single Mothers in College: The Effect of Selected Variables
… provided more insight into the issues that the nontraditional student subpopulation of single parent mothers are faced with while in college. The study used a Pearson r correlation to explain if degree completion, institution type, and persistence were influenced by poverty. This was completed …
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ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES AND SENSE OF BELONGING IN INTEGRATION AND PERSISTENCE
… Tinto's integration theory as it relates to nontraditional students. The study explored the relationship of academic and social integration, defined by classroom active learning strategies and sense of belonging, with persistence. The study also expanded upon the idea of socio-academic …
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A Profile of the Nontraditional College Student and Implications for Institutional Policies
… study examined the growing number of college students outside the traditional eighteen to twenty-three year old age group often referred to as nontraditional students. For this study, nontraditional student was defined as any undergraduate student age twenty-five or older. The purpose of the …
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Registration and course selection processes of entering freshmen and the effects on academic success and retention at a midsize public university
This mixed-methods study concentrated on students who participated in a 2-day freshman orientation program and registered for courses at a midsize metropolitan 4-year public university located in the southeastern United States. This study examined three cohorts of entering freshmen as they …
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Exploring multi-impacted nontraditional undergraduate students’ perceptions of the factors that influence their motivation to learn in their courses : a single case study.
Despite high motivation to learn, nontraditional students experience barriers that affect their persistence. Barriers such as limited time, resources, and inconsistent support systems make it difficult to balance different needs and form social connections. Some university personnel also fail to …
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Exploring The Experiences Of Senior Enlisted Military Wives Seeking Higher Education Through Distance Learning
… does not often fit within the mold of a nontraditional student. In addition, I recommend that the military-provided services such as military education centers, libraries, and other offices that assist military spouses in relation to education make an extra effort to inform and discuss …
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