Download or read book Reasons Adult Women Give for Returning to Institutions of Higher Education Institutional Barriers Encoutered by Adult Women and Adult Womens Perceptions of Educational Facilitators in Randomly Selected Dommunity Colleges in New York State written by Charles M. Mattson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Download or read book Returning Women Students in Higher Education written by Carol K. Tittle and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Barriers Influencing the Persistence of Adult Black Female Undergraduates in Public Higher Education written by Monique Wells-Lopez (Ed.D. candidate at the University of Hartford) and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a growing number of adult Black females have enrolled in postsecondary institutions over the last decade their graduation rates remain low. The aim of this phenomenological research was to examine the challenges unique to adult Black women’s academic persistence. The study examined the intersectionality of race, gender, class and age and its impact on the situational barriers, intersecting identities and institutional barriers that impacted the persistence of adult Black female undergraduates seeking a higher education degree. Ten adult Black women age 25 and older who were enrolled in or recently graduated from a 4-year public institution in the State of Massachusetts participated in this study. The researcher merged Collins (1990) theory of intersectionality with Cross’ (1981) CAL model of adult learning to gain further insights into the experiences of adult Black female undergraduates. This study used a modified Van Kaam (1966) method of analysis by Moustakas (1994) to gain insights into the experiences of the participants. Findings from this study indicate that the participants experienced multiple barriers related to family, health, employment, and financial aid eligibility. Despite these challenges the adult Black female undergraduates found strategies to overcome these barriers and persist toward their educational goals. The implications from this study indicate the need to review financial aid policies to support adult student’s educational goals and increase support services for adult Black female undergraduates. Recommendations include increasing federal and state funding for affordable day care for low income families and creating a supportive environment for adult Black female undergraduates in higher education institutions. The study provides information to higher education institutional agents, policy makers, colleges and universities to assist them in modifying and developing practices and policies aimed at increasing the persistence and graduation rates of adult Black female undergraduates. Furthermore, this study contributes to the literature on adult Black female college persistence.

Download or read book Most College Students Are Women written by Jeanie K. Allen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Reveals continuing barriers to success for women students* Offers remedies that will benefit all studentsWhat are the realities behind recent press reports suggesting that women students have taken over higher education, both outnumbering males and academically outperforming them? Does women’s development during college diverge from the commonly accepted model of cognitive growth? Does pedagogy in higher education take into account their different ways of knowing? Are there still barriers to women’s educational achievement? In answering these questions, this book’s overarching message is that the application of research on women’s college experiences has enriched teaching and learning for all students. It describes the broad benefits of new pedagogical models, and how feminist education aligns with the new call for civic education for all students. The book also examines conditions and disciplines that remain barriers for women’s educational success, particularly in quantitative and scientific fields. It explores problems that arise at the intersection of race and gender and offers some transformative approaches. It considers the impact of the campus environment—such as the rise of binge drinking, sexual assault, and homophobic behaviors—on women students’ progress, and suggests means for improving the peer culture for all students. It concludes with an auto-narrative analysis of teaching women's studies to undergraduates that offers insights into the practicalities and joys of teaching. At a time when women constitute the majority of students on most campuses, this book offers insights for all teachers, male and female, into how to help them to excel; and at the same time how to engage all their students, in all their diversity, through the application of feminist pedagogy.

Download or read book Learning Experiences of Adult African American Women at Selected Midwest Postsecondary Institutions written by Laura Content Peck and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined how adult African American women experienced learning at two post-secondary institutions in the Midwest; a diverse, urban community college, and a predominantly white research university. The study also considered how barriers, challenges, responsibilities, and support systems impacted their learning experiences. Gender, race and age were variables of interest, and three theoretical lenses; Belenky, Clinchy, Goldberger and Tarule's Women's Ways of Knowing, McClusky's Theory of Margin/Adult Roles and Responsibilities, and Critical Race Theory were used to explore the participants' experience of learning. This topic was of interest due to the paucity of research conducted in the area of post-secondary institutions, with adult African American women in the Midwest. This study found that learners used active learning, linked their learning to their life experiences, encountered racism, experienced barriers; situational, institutional, dispositional, and information; utilized familial, instructor, peer and spiritual support systems, would benefit from career advising, and that career goal uncertainty was a common obstruction. The women participating in this research were determined, motivated and goal oriented, and served as role models for their children, sought education to improve their lives, and emphasized the importance of education to reach career and life goals.

Download or read book The Adult Learner written by Malcolm S. Knowles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 9th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include: Updates to the book to reflect the very latest advancements in the field. The addition of two new chapters on diversity and inclusion in adult learning, and andragogy and the online adult learner. An updated supporting website. This website for the 9th edition of The Adult Learner will provide basic instructor aids including a PowerPoint presentation for each chapter. Revisions throughout to make it more readable and relevant to your practices. If you are a researcher, practitioner, or student in education, an adult learning practitioner, training manager, or involved in human resource development, this is the definitive book in adult learning you should not be without.

Download or read book Some Action of Her Own written by Helen S. Astin and published by Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gaining a Foothold written by and published by American Association of University Women. This book was released on 1999 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how and why women make educational transitions focusing on factors that influence women as they move from school to work and back to school.

Download or read book Adult Women Returning to Higher Education written by Jeanette Ford and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perceptions of Institutional Policies and Practices from the Perspectives of Underrepresented Adult Learners written by Shenita Latese Ray and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of institutional policies and practices, based on the perspectives of minority adult learners, which contribute to and militate against underrepresented adult learners' persistence in college until baccalaureate degree completion, describe why these policies and practices influence retention, and explain how institutional policies and practices that militate against minority learner persistence can be modified to advance their persistence in college. For the purpose of this research, adult learners were defined as students who were 25 years of age or older when they first entered or re-entered college to complete a bachelor's degree. This study addressed the following three research questions: 1. What institutional policies and practices contribute to and militate against African American and Hispanic adult learners' persistence in college? 2. In what ways do the institutional policies and practices, identified in question one, influence African American and Hispanic adult learners' retention? 3. How could higher education institutions modify policies and practices that militate against minority adult learners' persistence in order to improve their retention? The data collected from the research demonstrate that the following policies and practices may contribute to minority adult learners' persistence and success in college: • Education Community Network • Student Support Services and Access to Courses • Care is a Virtue • Family Inclusive Environment • Course Delivery: local, face-to-face, accelerated, with an online option • Second Shift Support Services • Alignment of Institution and Career with Student Needs Furthermore, the research findings suggest that the following are ways in which institutional policies and practices identified above may influence minority adult learners' persistence: • Fostering relationships with external entities may help postsecondary institutions influence policies related to transfer credits, tuition reimbursement, flexible employment schedules, internships, and outreach to local communities and state and federally funded agencies, which may enhance adult learners' retention in college. • Faculty, counselors, and minority personnel who express sincere interest in student success, engage in frequent contact with learners to monitor their progress and serve as a student advocate demonstrate to adult learners that the institution not only cares about their academic success, but also their personal achievements. • Multiple and flexible course delivery options can help adult learners manage competing priorities by allowing them to adjust how they pursue course completion. • The lack of understanding of program and degree offerings, varying institutional environments, and degree completion progress can influence student retention. Moreover, the data collected suggests that postsecondary institutions may attempt to improve the retention and success of adult learners by adopting, developing, or integrating similar policies and practices that: • Advance transfer and course equivalences. • Ensure the accuracy and expedites the transcript evaluation process. • Facilitate collaboration with employers to facilitate the development of tuition reimbursement policies, flexible employment and course scheduling, and of internships. • Engages university personnel in outreach activities in order to establish partnerships with local community organizations and state and federally funded agencies. • Ensures that hiring practices recruit and employ diverse faculty and staff who demonstrate care for student success. • Promotes training programs that educate faculty and staff on the importance of showing care for students. • Offers a variety of courses with varying lengths. • Provides web-based online services and evening support services. • Offers adult learners objective career and program advising prior to admission and degree selection to ensure that their desired career path corresponds with the program chosen. • Educates adult learners about the institutional environment to ensure that it reflects their personal interests.

Download or read book An Analysis of Five Institutional Barriers to Higher Education as Perceived by Adult Women Students at SIU C written by Lynette Carol Wolff and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Assessment of Needs of Adult Women Returning to Higher Education at Springfield Technical Community College Springfield Massachusetts written by Ruth Stellatella McClain and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Analysis of the Relationship Between Selected Personal Socio economic Characteristics of a Random Sample of Adult Women and Their Reasons for Enrolling in an Urban Community College written by Mildred Christine Jackson Tate and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Woman and the Old Academe written by Jonah R. Churgin and published by Roslyn Heights, N.Y. : Libra Publishers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Differences in Perceived Needs for Educational Training as a Function of Variations in Self esteem and Role Strain Among Demographically Identifiable Subpopulations of Returning Women Students in Community Colleges written by Synthia Saltoun and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Student Success in College written by George D. Kuh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student Success in College describes policies, programs, and practices that a diverse set of institutions have used to enhance student achievement. This book clearly shows the benefits of student learning and educational effectiveness that can be realized when these conditions are present. Based on the Documenting Effective Educational Practice (DEEP) project from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, this book provides concrete examples from twenty institutions that other colleges and universities can learn from and adapt to help create a success-oriented campus culture and learning environment.