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Peer reviewedPuryear, Ann D. – Community Services Catalyst, 1988
Offers an overview of the concerns and barriers that many adult students face before enrolling in college. Reviews literature on adult students' academic concerns, social and psychological needs, and financial problems. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedRiesman, David – Community Services Catalyst, 1978
Discusses several problems and failures of community colleges related to: encouraging students not to break with the home and peer milieux of secondary school; articulation and orientation of transfer students; vocational tracking; attrition; students' poor self-concepts; inadequate academic advising; and competition for postsecondary enrollments.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Choice, College Role, Community Colleges
