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ERIC Number: EJ581432
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Twists, Turns, and Returns: Returning Adult Students.
Bay, Libby
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v26 n3 p305-12 Mar 1999
Reports results of a study of adult students over the age of 24 at one community college in New York State. Explores (1) the reasons the mature person takes a life-step once confined to the young; (2) the difficulties and satisfactions they experience; and (3) what colleges can do to respond to their needs. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Nontraditional Students, Reentry Students, Student Adjustment, Student Motivation, Student Needs, Student Surveys, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: New York