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Shalini Sahoo; Roberto J. Millar; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – Grantee Submission, 2021
Research on factors associated with motivation to learn (MtL) is limited, particularly among middle-aged adults and immigrants. This study examines educational attainment, literacy skills, and nativity (foreign-born vs. native-born) as predictors of MtL in middle-aged adults living in the U.S. Nationally representative data of middle-aged adults…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Literacy, Learning Motivation, Lifelong Learning
Wonmai Punksungka; Takashi Yamashita; Abigail Helsinger; Rita Karam; Phyllis Cummins; Jenna Kramer – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
This study examined the associations between adult education and training (AET) participation, educational attainment, literacy skills, gender, and race/ethnicity among the U.S. adult population aged 25 to 65 years old (n = 5,450). Given the socioeconomic advancements of women and racial/ethnic minorities in the last few decades, including higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Student Participation, Adult Students, Educational Attainment
Wonmai Punksungka; Takashi Yamashita; Abigail Helsinger; Rita Karam; Phyllis Cummins; Jenna Kramer – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study examined the associations between adult education and training (AET) participation, educational attainment, literacy skills, gender, and race/ethnicity among the U.S. adult population aged 25 to 65 years old (n = 5,450). Given the socioeconomic advancements of women and racial/ethnic minorities in the last few decades, including higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Student Participation, Adult Students, Educational Attainment