Changing Demographics and Needs Assessment for Learning Centers in the 21st Century

Autor/inn/en	Payne, Emily Miller; Hodges, Russ; Hernandez, Elda Patricia
Titel	Changing Demographics and Needs Assessment for Learning Centers in the 21st Century
Quelle	In: Learning Assistance Review, 22 (2017) 1, S.21-36 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0059
Schlagwörter	Demography; Needs Assessment; Learning Centers (Classroom); Student Characteristics; Attendance Patterns; High School Graduates; Graduation Rate; College Bound Students; Enrollment Trends; College Graduates; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Ethnicity; First Generation College Students; Veterans; School Readiness; Academic Persistence; College Freshmen; Student Needs; College Attendance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demografie; Bedarfsermittlung; Unterrichtsdifferenzierung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ethnizität; Kriegsteilnehmer; Veteran; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Studienanfänger; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit
Abstract	Students entering postsecondary education embody America's growing diversity. Rapid demographics shifts and changing student attendance patterns pose new challenges for higher education. Enrollment trends vary across states and regions with some areas seeing increased student populations while others are experiencing declining enrollments (Center for Public Education, n.d.). Institutions must transform and adjust to accommodate the dramatic shifts in student demographics. Learning centers that offer best-practice interventions will contribute positively to students' retention and certificate or degree completion. This chapter provides insights into student attendance patterns, first through the lens of high school graduation rates, then through future college enrollment trends, and finally through college completion. Demographic research findings support conducting needs assessments to meet the emerging needs of our changing student demographics. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National College Learning Center Association. Web site: http://www.nclca.org/tlar
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01