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Title: Adult Participation in Undergraduate Education: Trends, Patterns, and Attainment over the Life Course
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Monaghan, David B. |
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Adult Participation in Undergraduate Education: Trends, Patterns, and Attainment over the Life Course Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): College Education; Educational Attainment; Life Course Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Adult students – defined as students aged 25 or older – now make up a substantial portion of the undergraduate population, but very little research has been carried out on this population. I first present a statistical profile of which contrasts adult undergraduates with traditionally-aged students in terms of demographic composition, socioeconomic status, high school academic preparation, and college behavior. I find that most adult undergraduates began postsecondary education during ‘traditional’ ages, which suggests that adult students represent for the most part delayed completers rather than new enrollees. I go on to assess trends in age-specific postsecondary enrollment over the past four decades. Finally, using the NLSY79, I examine the contribution of adult educational upgrading to cohort educational attainment, and determine whether adult attainment narrows or exacerbates educational disparities which emerged earlier in life. |
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Monaghan, David B. "Adult Participation in Undergraduate Education: Trends, Patterns, and Attainment over the Life Course." Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014. |