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Academic-Community Partnerships to Reduce Inequities for Adult Learners: Synergy and Social Change

Academic-Community Partnerships to Reduce Inequities for Adult Learners: Synergy and Social Change 761394 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159518761394ADULT LEARNINGADULT LEARNING research-article2018 Vol. 29 No. 2 ADULT LEARNING Reflections Academic-Community Partnerships to Reduce Inequities for Adult Learners Synergy and Social Change 1 2 Kymberly Byrd, MSW, MPH , JoHanna Flacks, JD , 3 1 Nancy Daniel, MEd , and Renée Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD arriers to college completion include cost, community-based organizations synergistically acting to insufficient preparation, poor study skills, and improve the well-being of children and families. Many Badjustment difficulties (Brock, 2010). More community residents engaged in BMC Vital Village extensive among adult learners, these challenges Network are adult learners. A needs assessment, include family responsibilities, job commitments, and conducted among 129 residents in 2014, revealed 51% inflexible course scheduling. In had ambitions of completing addition, many adult learners degrees but deferred enrollment experience anxieties about their I thought I had due to competing priorities. Three learning abilities and interactions fourths (75%) reported they would to be the with younger students when pursue further education if they president to make a returning to the classroom after could obtain degree credit for extended periods away (Osam, community service. Therefore, difference. I now Bergman, & Cumberland, 2017). BMC Vital Village Network began know I have the power Sissel, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

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761394 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159518761394ADULT LEARNINGADULT LEARNING research-article2018 Vol. 29 No. 2 ADULT LEARNING Reflections Academic-Community Partnerships to Reduce Inequities for Adult Learners Synergy and Social Change 1 2 Kymberly Byrd, MSW, MPH , JoHanna Flacks, JD , 3 1 Nancy Daniel, MEd , and Renée Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD arriers to college completion include cost, community-based organizations synergistically acting to insufficient preparation, poor study skills, and improve the well-being of children and families. Many Badjustment difficulties (Brock, 2010). More community residents engaged in BMC Vital Village extensive among adult learners, these challenges Network are adult learners. A needs assessment, include family responsibilities, job commitments, and conducted among 129 residents in 2014, revealed 51% inflexible course scheduling. In had ambitions of completing addition, many adult learners degrees but deferred enrollment experience anxieties about their I thought I had due to competing priorities. Three learning abilities and interactions fourths (75%) reported they would to be the with younger students when pursue further education if they president to make a returning to the classroom after could obtain degree credit for extended periods away (Osam, community service. Therefore, difference. I now Bergman, & Cumberland, 2017). BMC Vital Village Network began know I have the power Sissel,

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Published: May 1, 2018

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