What enables success in US higher education for students with General Educational Development credentials?

Author: Ebert, Olga

Source: Journal of Access Policy and Practice, Volume 3, Number 2, August 2006 , pp. 119-141(23)

Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education

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Abstract:

This paper investigates the success rates of students who take the General Educational Development programme, a second-chance secondary education programme in the USA, comparing them with students with more conventional qualifications. It argues that students with the GED are often disadvantaged in a university environment where certain expectations of knowledge and behaviour militate against students who are older and who have other demands on their time as well as having being prepared for HE differently to conventional students. It suggests that the problem of returners to learning is a world-wide issue and different approaches from different circumstances should be explored.

Keywords: STUDENT SUCCESS; STANDARDS; RETURNERS TO EDUCATION; PREPAREDNESS FOR HE

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2006-08-01

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