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Ted James – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2024
Adult Basic Education (ABE) academic upgrading courses and programs are an important part of the British Columbia post-secondary system. In the 2021/22 academic year, 21,550 students were enrolled in ABE programs in 18 institutions across the province. This study is a response to the interest in exploring the success of ABE upgrading students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Basic Education, Higher Education, Student Promotion
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Guillermina Gonzalez – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
This qualitative study focuses on understanding the motivational factors driving Latino students to pursue higher education and the obstacles hindering their enrollment. We conducted eleven focus group sessions, involving five distinct groups: students, parents, teachers, and counselors from public high schools, as well as two adult learner…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Enrollment, Marketing, Barriers
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Sihan Zhou; Gene Thompson; Sirui Zhou – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This longitudinal study explores changes in self-efficacy and motivational beliefs for learners beginning to study via English-medium instruction (EMI) at a transnational university in China. Following first-year local Chinese students over their first semester of learning via EMI, the study focuses on changes in learner self-efficacy beliefs…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen