The adult university
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The adult university
（SRHE and Open University Press imprint / general editor, Heather Eggins）
Society for Research into Higher Education : Open University Press, 1999
- : hard
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-185) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780335199075
Description
In most universities there are now more adults as students than young people straight from school. Yet many universities continue to act as if no such change had taken place. The Adult University examines theoretically and practically key issues of broader participation in higher education. It asks:
* What are university access policies and how do they connect with practice; do universities behave in ways which encourage or thwart wider access?
* How do adults experience universities; and how far do universities adapt to assist adults?
* What can universities realistically do to improve both the access to and experience of university for adults.
This is a genuinely international study by a transnational team which is grounded in research into two institutions in two major European university traditions. Its focus is both on national systems and local interactions, on macro level policy and students' own voices.
The Adult University is essential reading for all those interested in the development of our mass higher education system. It points to ways in which individual universities and the system of higher education could and should evolve in advanced industrial societies.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Changing to survive
the modern university in its environment
Are universities organized to facilitate access and participation?
Adult students
getting in and keeping out
Staying in and coming to terms
Innovation and the university
the struggle for adultification
The adult university
from adult education to lifelong learning?
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Index.
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: hard ISBN 9780335199082
Description
In many universities there are now more adults as students than young people straight from school. Yet many universities continue to act as if no such change had taken place. This text asks: what are university access policies and how do they connect with practice?; how do adults experience universities, and how do universities assist them?; what can universities realistically do to improve the access to and experience of university for adults?
Table of Contents
- Changing to survive - the modern university in its environment
- are universities organized to facilitate access and participation?
- adult students - getting in and keeping out
- staying in and coming to terms
- innovation and the university - the struggle for adultification
- the adult university - from adult education to lifelong learning?
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