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Publication Date: 2011-Aug
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Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Building an Adult-Centered Degree Completion Program at a Traditional University's Satellite Campus
Parkinson Norton, Susan; Pickus, Keith
Metropolitan Universities, v22 n1 p103-115 Aug 2011
This essay will discuss the creation of adult-learner degree programs at Wichita State University's satellite campuses with a particular focus on how such programs complement the mission of a traditional urban-serving research institution. It will assess the decision-making process that led to the transformation of satellite campuses into adult-learner centers and evaluate how the adult-learner degree completion programs were marketed to both internal and external audiences.
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Multicampus Colleges, Organizational Change, Resource Centers, Decision Making, Institutional Mission, Student Recruitment, Stopouts, Educational Attainment, Goal Orientation, Urban Universities
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 815 West Michigan Street UC 3140E, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5164. Tel: 317-274-5036; e-mail: muj@iupui.edu; Web site: http://muj.uc.iupui.edu/index.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kansas
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