Expectations of Adults Returning to College versus Outcomes : Areas measured: Development in the following areas: Critical Thinking, Communication, Spritual, psychosocial, moral,Worldview, and soci

ISBN-13: 9783639146233 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str.

Shirley Roddy

Opis

Because of the increase in recent years in educational programs designed to accommodate the working adult in the completion of a bachelor's degree in a non-traditional format, this study focused on adult students who had been in (had either graduated or dropped from the program prior to graduation) or were currently involved in the non-traditional format. The purpose of this study was to determine adult student expectations in relationship to educational outcomes and benefits experienced both during the process of and after obtaining the baccalaureate degree. Research on the traditional-age college student suggests that extending one's education beyond high school by attending college and obtaining a bachelor's degree is beneficial to both the individual and to society. However, because of the paucity of research specific to the adult segment of the college population it was not known if the same would be true for the adult population. It is for that reason that a grounded theory approach was taken.

O autorze

Shirley Roddy has worked in the field of education for twenty-
five years and in 1995 initiated the adult education program,
now known as the College of Adult and Graduate Studies, at
Mid-America Christian University. She earned her Ph.D in Adult
and Higher Education from the University of Oklahoma.