Investigating the determinants of adults’ participation in higher education

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Abstract

This study investigates the determinants of adult learners’ participation in higher education in a lifelong learning environment. The author argues that the determinants of adult learners’ participation in higher education include individual demands, state and institutional policy objectives and industry-driven demands rather than demographic factors in the Ghanaian context. Framed along an interpretive paradigm, the study sought to examine the underlying principle for adult learners’ participation in higher education in Ghana and juxtaposing their views with those of policy-makers and managers of higher education institutions. Using an explanatory research design and a mixed method of gathering and analysing data from respondents in two structurally diverse universities, the study concludes that industry-driven factors play important role in the decisions of adult learners to enrol in Higher Education Institutions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1194733
JournalCogent Education
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Access
  • Adult learners
  • Interpretivist paradigm
  • Lifelong learning
  • Participation

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