Unfinished business : compelling stories of adult student persistence

• Other Authors: Bergman, Matt J. (Editor), Olson, Joann S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019.
• Series: Adult learning in professional, organizational, and community settings.
• Subjects: Adult education > United States.; Adult college students > United States.; Adult learning > United States.; Continuing education > United States.; Education > Adult & Continuing Education.; Adult education, continuous learning.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806606337
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64113-856-7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)

For at least the last 100 years, more than 40% of all students who enrolled in American colleges and universities have not persisted to graduation at four-year institutions. Their stories are varied, but in every case, something got in the way of that pursuit. Life happened. They became one of the n...