Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Type of Proposal
Roundtable
Abstract
Adult education programs encourage adults to attend college after they receive their GED, yet the programs do not prepare them for the transition or on how to be successful. Colleges and adult education programs do not give enough attention to the challenges and barriers the adult learner faces. Programs assume that adult learners know how to balance the rigour of college and their other responsibilities. After all they are adults. Yet, studies have shown that 77% of GED graduates who attend community and technical colleges withdrew at the end of the first semester.
Keywords
Adult learner, general equivalency diploma, post-secondary, transition.
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Recommended Citation
Tavaras, D. (2021). The unintended consequences of good intentions. AERC [Roundtable] presented as a part of the Adult Education in Global Times Conference. University of British Columbia. Canada.
The unintended consequences of good intentions
Adult education programs encourage adults to attend college after they receive their GED, yet the programs do not prepare them for the transition or on how to be successful. Colleges and adult education programs do not give enough attention to the challenges and barriers the adult learner faces. Programs assume that adult learners know how to balance the rigour of college and their other responsibilities. After all they are adults. Yet, studies have shown that 77% of GED graduates who attend community and technical colleges withdrew at the end of the first semester.
