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Going back to school — participation motives and experiences of older adults in an undergraduate classroom
Author(s)	Marisa A Scala
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 22, no 8, December 1996
Pages	pp 747-773
Keywords	Students ; Education ; Socio-economic groups ; Participation ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study examines reasons why older adults returned to college, reasons they stopped attending, difficulties they faced, positive aspects, integration with other students, and variations in these experiences by gender, employment status, educational attainment, and degree seeking behaviour. The source of the data was a survey of students over the age of 60 from a small US state college. Gender and employment status proved to be important sources of differences in respondents' participation motives as well as their experiences in the classroom. Suggestions for college course administrators and for further research are explored.
Accession Number	CPA-970319007 A
Classmark	XN: V: T4: TMB: DP: 3F: 7T
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