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Adult Students "At-Risk" Culture Bias in Higher Education
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Timothy William Quinnan
Foreword by William G. Tierney
Book Code: G522
ISBN: 0-89789-522-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-522-4
184 pages
Bergin & Garvey Paperback
Publication: 7/30/1997
List Price: $28.95 (UK Sterling Price: £16.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Adult learning embraces the process of developing new knowledge, awareness, and skills across the span of life situations both beyond and within academic enirons....Adult Students "At-Risk" pushes us to contemplate the water now before it kills off any more adult fish.
    —Contemporary Gerontology
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by Henry A. Giroux
  • Introduction
  • A Critical Analysis of Adult Higher Education: Research Questions and Methodology
  • Adult Students "At Risk": Theoretical Definitions
  • The Political Economy of Adult Education: A Critical Theory Perspective
  • Adult Students' "Stories of Struggle": A Critical Field Study
  • Postmodern Possibilities in Adult Education
  • Critical Postmodern Leadership for Adult Education
  • Postscript
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 97-216
LCC Class: LC5251
Dewey Class: 374
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