{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4200288795","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595211059574","title":"Motivations and Barriers for Adult Learner Achievement: Recommendations for Institutions of Higher Education","display_name":"Motivations and Barriers for Adult Learner Achievement: Recommendations for Institutions of Higher Education","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-12-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4200288795","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595211059574"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/10451595211059574","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595211059574","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595211059574","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764492969","display_name":"Adult Learning","issn_l":"1045-1595","issn":["1045-1595","2162-4070"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Adult Learning","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059461945","display_name":"Yamini Bellare","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-5872","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-5872"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I197875241","display_name":"California State University, Stanislaus","ror":"https://ror.org/00ejm2g54","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I197875241"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yamini Bellare","raw_affiliation_strings":["California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-5872","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I197875241"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Adam Smith","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210136381","display_name":"Indiana University Kokomo","ror":"https://ror.org/04161kh40","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210136381","https://openalex.org/I592451"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Adam Smith","raw_affiliation_strings":["Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210136381"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091276875","display_name":"Kelcee Cochran","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210136381","display_name":"Indiana University Kokomo","ror":"https://ror.org/04161kh40","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210136381","https://openalex.org/I592451"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kelcee Cochran","raw_affiliation_strings":["Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210136381"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049591770","display_name":"Samuel Garcia Lopez","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210136381","display_name":"Indiana University Kokomo","ror":"https://ror.org/04161kh40","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210136381","https://openalex.org/I592451"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Samuel Garcia Lopez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210136381"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5059461945"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I197875241"],"apc_list":{"value":3000,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3000},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.2484,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":57,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97283003,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"34","issue":"1","first_page":"30","last_page":"39"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10267","display_name":"Higher Education Research Studies","score":0.5898000001907349,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10267","display_name":"Higher Education Research Studies","score":0.5898000001907349,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12345","display_name":"Adult and Continuing Education Topics","score":0.36399999260902405,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13844","display_name":"Higher Education Learning Practices","score":0.02070000022649765,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/adult-learners","display_name":"adult learners","score":0.9919999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/non-traditional-students","display_name":"non-traditional students","score":0.875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/returning-to-college","display_name":"returning to college","score":0.8330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-motivation","display_name":"student motivation","score":0.7570000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/barriers-to-degree-completion","display_name":"barriers to degree completion","score":0.8659999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employer-partnerships","display_name":"employer partnerships","score":0.5450000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-recruitment","display_name":"student recruitment","score":0.9049999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/workforce-development","display_name":"workforce development","score":0.5460000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/higher-education-institutions","display_name":"higher education institutions","score":0.531000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-perspectives","display_name":"staff perspectives","score":0.45399999618530273}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776734470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3566099","display_name":"Adult learner","level":3,"score":0.7003334760665894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44493715","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319035","display_name":"Adult education","level":2,"score":0.6862903833389282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120912362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136822","display_name":"Higher education","level":2,"score":0.6345687508583069},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780144881","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20312331","display_name":"Adult Learning","level":3,"score":0.5093780755996704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.5020668506622314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776505523","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4785468","display_name":"Plan (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.4973771870136261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4455653429031372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.40585756301879883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509550671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126945","display_name":"Medical education","level":1,"score":0.3994990885257721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.344447523355484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.2659924030303955},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.20021677017211914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.15245622396469116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.08494997024536133},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.08047223091125488},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/10451595211059574","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595211059574","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595211059574","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764492969","display_name":"Adult Learning","issn_l":"1045-1595","issn":["1045-1595","2162-4070"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Adult Learning","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8278999924659729,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality education"},{"score":0.5235000252723694,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2885348871","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"0000000000000000000038701","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306409","funder_display_name":"Lumina Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306409","display_name":"Lumina Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/02v5bg165"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":22,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1524523515","https://openalex.org/W1763058510","https://openalex.org/W1804886512","https://openalex.org/W1979290264","https://openalex.org/W1990513278","https://openalex.org/W2003528942","https://openalex.org/W2046868697","https://openalex.org/W2052983224","https://openalex.org/W2074878158","https://openalex.org/W2210331340","https://openalex.org/W2318809880","https://openalex.org/W2340855485","https://openalex.org/W2460968899","https://openalex.org/W2474602820","https://openalex.org/W2557189952","https://openalex.org/W2593384979","https://openalex.org/W2789065053","https://openalex.org/W2898707686","https://openalex.org/W2975427864","https://openalex.org/W2980668485","https://openalex.org/W3040459051","https://openalex.org/W3129158699"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2885102858","https://openalex.org/W98080301","https://openalex.org/W2474602820","https://openalex.org/W3005590218","https://openalex.org/W1515597777","https://openalex.org/W4400903200","https://openalex.org/W2127828908","https://openalex.org/W4387566210","https://openalex.org/W7221375857","https://openalex.org/W7037111649"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Recent":[0],"trends":[1],"in":[2,9,60],"higher":[3,23,77,89],"education":[4,24,90],"indicate":[5],"a":[6],"steady":[7],"increase":[8],"the":[10,61,65],"number":[11],"of":[12,45,69,88],"adult":[13,33,70,107],"and":[14,29,53,67,110],"non-traditional":[15],"learners":[16,34,71,109],"returning":[17],"to":[18,41,51,63,74,76,91,95,98,104,114],"complete":[19,117],"college":[20],"degrees.":[21],"Though":[22],"can":[25],"provide":[26],"numerous":[27],"economic":[28],"career":[30],"enhancement":[31],"opportunities,":[32],"experience":[35],"several":[36],"challenges":[37,66],"when":[38],"they":[39],"return":[40,75],"college.":[42],"The":[43,79],"purpose":[44],"this":[46],"qualitative":[47],"research":[48],"study":[49],"was":[50],"gather":[52],"analyze":[54],"data":[55],"from":[56,58],"employees":[57],"companies":[59],"Midwest":[62],"determine":[64],"motivations":[68],"who":[72],"plan":[73],"education.":[78],"results":[80],"highlight":[81],"that":[82],"it":[83],"is":[84],"important":[85],"for":[86],"institutions":[87],"collaborate":[92],"with":[93],"employers":[94],"identify":[96,111],"ways":[97],"modify":[99],"their":[100,118],"student":[101,108],"recruitment":[102],"methods":[103],"attract":[105],"more":[106],"supportive":[112],"resources":[113],"help":[115],"them":[116],"degrees":[119],"successfully.":[120]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":22},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2021-12-31T00:00:00"}