Adult Students At-risk: Culture Bias in Higher Education - Brossura

Quinnan, Timothy William

 
9780897895224: Adult Students At-risk: Culture Bias in Higher Education
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ISBN 10: 0897895223 ISBN 13: 9780897895224
Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 1997

Sinossi

Adults have been and remain marginalized in academic institutions because of the persistence of a deeply rooted culture bias. This work analyzes the current state of the adult student experience in higher education, exploring the organizational, instructional, and interpersonal barriers that adults face in reaching their educational goals. Using applied critical and postmodern theory, the author explores the hypothesis that adults are at-risk in higher education settings because of such bias. The book includes an extensive review and critique of the literature and of contemporary adult programs and practices. In addition, adult students' personal accounts of their academic experiences are presented. This study not only reveals the nature and scope of the obstacles faced by adult students, but begins to suggest tangible ways students and educators can work to overcome them.

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Informazioni sugli autori

TIMOTHY WILLIAM QUINNAN is Assistant Dean and Chief Student Affairs Officer at Raymond Walters College at the University of Cincinnati.



TIMOTHY WILLIAM QUINNAN is Assistant Dean and Chief Student Affairs Officer at Raymond Walters College at the University of Cincinnati.

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Editore
Praeger Pub Text
Data di pubblicazione
1997
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0897895223
ISBN 13 
9780897895224
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
184
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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