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An analysis of the term "experience" in ordinary language and in the more precise arena of adult education literature.
(1997)
An analysis of the concept "experience" is conducted, both in ordinary language and in adult education literature, for the purpose of adding clarity to what is meant or intended by the use of the term "experience."
Retrospection on a baccalaureate degree in mid-life: What does it mean in a woman's life?
(2002)
A national higher education public policy agenda enmeshed in economic issues threatens to diminish access and disregard the baccalaureate educational needs of women in midlife. The numbers of adult women attaining bachelor's ...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education: A Reality or a Façade?
(2020-12-18)
In response to the growing demographics in the United States, diversity, equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.) offices and efforts have become a conventional part of higher education institutions in the United States. Despite ...
An examination of career longevity, career achievement, and Machiavellian attitudes of engineers and analysts in an international engineering and communications organization.
(2001)
There are implications for research and practice related to the explanations. The results of this study provide researchers with important information concerning the Machiavellian construct and the nature of the relationship ...
Adults returning to college.
(2005)
The purpose of this study was to determine adult student expectations in relationship to educational outcomes and benefits experienced both during the process of and after obtaining the baccalaureate degree. Because of the ...
A study of barriers and facilitators to participation in distance higher education by working engineers.
(1998)
Recommendations: Conduct a study of nonparticipation; incorporate new DE participation barriers and facilitators into revised engineering DE questionnaires. Use refined DF model Z234T with short questionnaire as DE ...
Vestiges of glory: Iraq's universities and female students in the midst of tyranny, sanctions and war.
(2006)
This historical dissertation examines the intersectionality of sanctions, war and autocratic rule as it manifested itself on Iraqi university campuses and, more specifically, the impact on female students. While much has ...
Patterns of change and learning in the practices of selected Oklahoma architects.
(1997)
Implications for educators are that experience serves as the organizing principle for learning in professional practice and that customs and work conditions peculiar to each profession ultimately color the process of change ...
Relationships among self-efficacy, anxiety, perceptions of clinical instructor effectiveness and senior baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of learning in the clinical environment.
(1997)
Findings. Analyses revealed that the variable most predictive of students' perceptions of learning in the clinical environment were their beliefs of nursing self-efficacy. Significant correlations were also found between ...
Students with learning disabilities in the community college: Their goals, issues, challenges and successes.
(2007)
The LD students related both positive and negative experiences during their education at the community college, and obtaining an Associate's degree was the goal cited most frequently. Overall, the LD students were satisfied ...