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ERIC Number: EJ494209
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-0830
Juggling with Time: How Adults Manage Their Time for Lifelong Education.
Blaxter, Loraine; Tight, Malcolm
Studies in the Education of Adults, v26 n2 p162-79 Oct 1994
Interviews with 36 adult part-time students at Warwick and Coventry Universities showed that 13 alternate student roles with other life roles and 23 attempt to combine roles and responsibilities. All combiners were employed full or part time; all but one of the alternators were unemployed or retired. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Adult Students, College Students, Employment Level, Foreign Countries, Part Time Students, Role Conflict, Time Management
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England