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Increasing adult learner persistence and completion rates : a guide for student affairs leaders and practitioners / Marguerite McGann Culp and Gwendolyn Jordan Dungy, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: xi, 228 pages ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780931654978
  • 0931654971
  • 9780931654985
  • 093165498X
  • 9780931654961
  • 0931654963
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/982 23
LOC classification:
  • LC5225.C68 I53 2014
Contents:
1. Adult learners: who they are, why they matter, and what they need to succeed / Marguerite McGann Culp -- 2. Principles for effectively serving adult learners / Judith Wertheim -- 3. Increasing access and success for adult learners: lessons from community colleges / Denise Swett and Marguerite McGann Culp -- 4. The campus climate for adult students: cloudy with a chance of success / Leslie A. Laing and Heidi Watson -- 5. Adult learners, the Internet, and the support service challenge / Lawrence V. Gould, Tisa A. Mason, and Kindra D. Degenhardt -- 6. Student veterans as adult learners in the post-9/1 era / David Vacchi -- 7. Seamless learning requires partnerships between academic and student affairs / Marguerite McGann Culp and James Morales -- 8. Meaningful community partnerships for adult learners / Elizabeth Baldizan and Pamela J. Schreiber -- 9. Building a culture of evidence: using data to improve adult-learner-focused initiatives / Katie Busby and Adam S. Green -- 10. The West Virginia story: a case study in improving access and success for adult learners / Sarah Beasley, Susan Gardner, and Tammy Johnson.
Summary: "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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

"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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