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Special Service Needs Of Adult Students Attending Weekend College At Western Michigan University, Patricia A. Dolly

Dissertations

This dissertation examines the needs of the adult learner and how or if these needs are being met in the Campus Ill/Weekend College program at Western Michigan University. Specifically, factors that explain the rise of adult learners on college campuses and demographic information on this rising student population are presented. In addition, the reasons for returning to school and differences between traditional and nontraditional students are examined. Institutional, situational, and dispositional barriers confronting adult students are discussed; a model is put forth along with strategies to overcome barriers offered.

Current services for adult learners attending Weekend College at Western Michigan …

The 1994 Aca Model Legislation For Licensed Professional Counselors, Harriet L. Glosoff, James M. Benshoff, Thomas W. Hosie, Dennis R. Maki

Department of Counseling Scholarship and Creative Works

Model legislation seeks to facilitate uniformity of counselor licensure laws and promote accepted professional standards. The text of the model bill as endorsed by the 1994 American Counseling Association Governing Council is provided with commentary accompanying those sections in which significant changes have occurred. The article concludes with 15 specific suggestions based on experiences gained in the development and implementation of previous legislation for licensed professional counselors.

Comparative Characteristic Lifestyle Approaches Of Persisters And Dropouts In Adult High Schools In Tennessee, Samuel J. Shepherd

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this study was that no data existed on characteristics of life style management as related to persisters and dropouts among adult high school students in the state of Tennessee. The purpose of the study was to determine the characteristic life style approaches most prevalent among persistent enrollees, graduates, and dropouts of selected adult high school programs in Tennessee. Five hundred fifty-nine persisters and 868 dropouts were surveyed by mail, by telephone, or by school site visits. There were 419 participants in the study, 311 persisters and 108 dropouts. The research was descriptive in nature and utilized data …

Ua3/8/1 Extended Campus Programs Report No. 6, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

This report is housed in Thomas Meredith's Correspondence / Subject Files. Table of Contents:

• Directory of Extended Campus
• Description of Western's Extended Campus Programs
• Map of Western's Designated Service Area
• Extended Campus Enrollments: 1968-1995
• Owensboro Education Program's Enrollments: Fall, 1980 - Fall, 1985
• Extended Campus Center Enrollments: 1986-1995
• Extended Campus Center Headcount: 1986-1995
• Extended Campus Course Offerings by Term, Location and College: 1987-1995
• Extended Campus Course Offerings by Division Level Lower, Upper and Graduate: 1987-1995
• Extended Campus Instruction by Full-time and Part-time Faculty: 1987-1995
• Extended Campus Instruction by Degree Level of Instructor: 1987-1995
• Extended Campus Selected Student Demographics: 1988-1995
• Extended …