Facilitating responsibility for learning in adult community college students

• Published in: The Catalyst Vol. 32; no. 1; p. 18
• Main Author: Cynthia Lake Howell
• Format: Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Carlsbad National Council for Continuing Education & Training 01.01.2003
• Subjects: Adult Basic Education; Adult education; Adult Learning; Adult Students; College Faculty; College students; Community colleges; Course Content; Educational Objectives; Learning; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods; United States > US

Community colleges enroll over 2.5 million adult students, defined as those age 25 and older. Adult students attending community colleges for the first time are sometimes inadequately prepared, both academically and psychologically, for what will be expected for college-level learning. Effective app...