Nontraditional Students in Higher Education: Meeting Their Needs As Learners.

Bendixen-Noe, Mary K.; Giebelhaus, Carmen

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ERIC Number: EJ563158

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Nontraditional Students in Higher Education: Meeting Their Needs As Learners.

Bendixen-Noe, Mary K.; Giebelhaus, Carmen

Mid-Western Educational Researcher, v11 n2 p27-31 Spr 1998

Reviews the research on nontraditional (adult) college students. Discusses the recent growth of this student population, adult student characteristics and life situations, learning motivation and achievement of adult students, adult students' preferences in the classroom, and principles of andragogy. Contains 61 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Nontraditional Students, Student Characteristics, Student Needs

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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