A s those haunting dreams of failing an exam start to fade, older Americans are heading back to school. As many as 50% of enrolled students are now classified as " those returning to education, " according to research at the University of Missouri-Rolla. This trend makes perfect sense to Guruprasad Madhavan, who, following basic engineering training in instrumentation and control systems and gr...

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between lifelong learning and epistemological beliefs associate degree students. In study, correlational method, which one qualitative research methods, was employed. population consisted students studying at a vocational high school state university in Turkey sample 360 selected from through convenience sampling. “Lifelong Learning Scale...

The study aimed at a critical assessment of the environmentalism components introduced in the civil engineering curriculum in India polytechnic colleges (state of Tamilnadu) and associate degree level Technical Institutions in Iran .The objective of study was to compare technical education curriculum in civil engineering with respect to environmentalism. Both qualitative and quantitative techni...

PURPOSE The main purpose of this study was to investigate student retention strategies and practices implemented in associate degree, entry-level dental hygiene programs. Included are student attrition issues, academic standards, re-entry policies, and clinical remediation strategies. METHODS A survey consisting of forced choice and open-ended questions was mailed to 31 randomly selected asso...

Biographical notes: Weisong Shi is an associate professor of Computer Science at Wayne State University. He received his B.S. degree from Xidian University in 1995, and Ph.D. degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2000, both in computer engineering. His current research focuses on mobile computing, distributed systems and high performance computing. Xueyan Tang is currently an Associate...