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Understanding and supporting adult learners : a guide for colleges and universities / Frederic Jacobs, Stephen P. Hundley.
Van Pelt Library LC5225.L42 J33 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Frederic.
- Series:
- Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adult learning--United States.
- Adult learning.
- Adult college students.
- United States.
- Adult college students--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 218 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2010]
- Summary:
- This book is designed to help raise awareness about the diversity of issues adult learners face in their enrollment and participation in higher education. It will equip faculty, administrators, and others with the analytical and practical skills to make sound decisions relative to adult learners, and provide techniques and frameworks for assessing, implementing, and evaluating practices within the institution--at the classroom, department, school, and campus levels--to nurture and support responsiveness to adult learners.
- Contents:
- Understanding the context for adult learners in higher education
- Profiles of student issues related to adult learners
- Profiles of faculty issues related to adult learners
- Profiles of institutional issues related to adult learners
- Profiles of policy issues related to adult learners
- Analyzing and improving college and university environments for adult learners.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470592540
- 0470592540
- OCLC:
- 500823400
- Publisher Number:
- 99939076651
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