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A Study Of Adult Undergraduate Students Attending Eastern Illinois University, Huey-Li Li
A Study Of Adult Undergraduate Students Attending Eastern Illinois University, Huey-Li Li
Masters Theses
Adult students over the age of 25 have comprised a significant proportion of student body in traditionally youth-oriented institutions of higher education. At Eastern, adult students comprised 7.2 percent of the population of undergraduate students in the Fall, 1986. Based on an institutional survey, this study attempted to gain a deeper understanding about adult students' academic and personal experiences of returning to a four-year university.
One-fourth of the adult students (N=183) were randomly selected and invited to participate in this study. A total of 104 adult students returned the questionnaires. Participants' responses were categorized into six groups in accordance with …