
Adult University
Open University Press
Published on 1. July 1999
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-335-19908-2 (ISBN)
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?
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
770 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19908-2 (9780335199082)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Deputy Vice Chanceller, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Senior Researcher, Department of Education, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Senior Researcher, Department of Countinuin Education, University of Warwick, Coventry
Content
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?