Adult Learners in a Research University: Negotiating Undergraduate Student Identity

By Carol E. Kasworm. 2010

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Student identity development in higher education: implications for graduate attributes and work-readiness (2014, background): “Concerns with the increasingly future-focussed aims of university education and graduate attributes have led to a growing body of literature seeking to re-engage with notions of student identity in higher education (Holmes 2013; Kasworm 2010; Lairio, Puukari, and Kouvo 2013; Stott, Zaitseva, and Cui”
Transitions and turning points: exploring how first-in-family female students story their transition to university and student identity formation (2014, unknown): “Identity work within the higher education environment, particularly for those students who are deemed non-traditional, can be both complex and contradictory (Kasworm, 2010; O’Shea, 2011).”
An Integrative Literature Review on the Barriers Impacting Adult Learners’ Return to College (2017, background): “Policies and procedures that have been found to work against adult learners to limit their participation in academic environments include the availability of faculty, lack of night, weekend, and online courses (Hardin, 2008), as well as difficulty in dealing with admissions and advising staff (Kaswo”
Teaching nontraditional adult students: adult learning theories in practice (2014, background): “Consequently, their identities may often be shaped by institutional shortcomings related to adult learning needs (Kasworm 2010; O’Donnell and Tobbell 2007), reinforcing the feeling of academic alienation and social isolation from higher education.”