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Nature for New Minnesotans: A Minnesota Master Naturalist Program Connecting Adult English Language Learners to the Outdoors
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Lucas Fitchen Rapisarda; Britt M. Forsberg – Journal of Extension, 2025
English language (EL) learners, many of whom are immigrants, face economic, social, and cultural constraints when accessing Extension programming. NFNM is an innovative program that seeks to address these constraints by developing and implementing place-based natural history curriculum for adult English language (EL) learners in the authors state.…
Descriptors: English Learners, Immigrants, Extension Education, Adult Students
Practicing What We Teach: Learning from Experience to Improve Adult Program Administration
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Jass, Lori K. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, comprises three primary units that each serve a distinct population: the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is a residential college for roughly 2,800 traditional-age undergraduates; the College of Adult and Professional Studies and Graduate School (CAPS/GS) serves roughly 2,200 adult learners at both the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Adult Programs, Systems Approach
Senior Power at North Hennepin
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Sugnet, Charles J. – Change, 1976
Since 1970 North Hennepin Community College in Minneapolis has enrolled 3,411 in its Seniors on Campus program for senior citizens. The key to initiation and continuing development of the program described here is involvement of senior citizens themselves in the Senior Advisory Committee. (JT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Citizen Participation, Community Colleges