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Blaxter, Loraine; Tight, Malcolm – Studies in the Education of Adults, 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