Increasing adult learner persistence and completion rates :

Increasing adult learner persistence and completion rates : a guide for student affairs leaders and practitioners / Marguerite McGann Culp and Gwendolyn Jordan Dungy, editors. - First edition. - xi, 228 pages ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adult learners: who they are, why they matter, and what they need to succeed / Principles for effectively serving adult learners / Increasing access and success for adult learners: lessons from community colleges / The campus climate for adult students: cloudy with a chance of success / Adult learners, the Internet, and the support service challenge / Student veterans as adult learners in the post-9/1 era / Seamless learning requires partnerships between academic and student affairs / Meaningful community partnerships for adult learners / Building a culture of evidence: using data to improve adult-learner-focused initiatives / The West Virginia story: a case study in improving access and success for adult learners / Marguerite McGann Culp -- Judith Wertheim -- Denise Swett and Marguerite McGann Culp -- Leslie A. Laing and Heidi Watson -- Lawrence V. Gould, Tisa A. Mason, and Kindra D. Degenhardt -- David Vacchi -- Marguerite McGann Culp and James Morales -- Elizabeth Baldizan and Pamela J. Schreiber -- Katie Busby and Adam S. Green -- Sarah Beasley, Susan Gardner, and Tammy Johnson. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

"An interactive tutorial designed to strengthened the ability of student affairs professionals to develop, implement, and assess the effectiveness of processes, programs, and services for undergraduate students between the ages of 25 and 64. The tutorial includes 10 modules that explore options for supporting adult undergraduates at both 2-year and 4-year institutions of all types."--

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Adult college students--Counseling of--United States.
Adult learning--United States.
Student affairs services--United States.

LC5225.C68 / I53 2014

378.1/982