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A Qualitative Study Of Adult Students' Experiences With Persistence Support, Patricia Leong Kappel
A Qualitative Study Of Adult Students' Experiences With Persistence Support, Patricia Leong Kappel
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A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ADULT STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH PERSISTENCE SUPPORT
by
Patricia Leong Kappel
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2018
Under the Supervision of Professor Barbara J. Daley
This qualitative study examined the perspectives of young adults on their experiences as participants in a General Education Development certificate and high school diploma program with persistence support. The perplexing issue of persistence has prompted the efforts of similar adult basic education (ABE) programs serving at-risk populations to identify means to encourage and support sustained participation and credential completion. The literature on persistence reveals the importance of positive disposition and social context …