Timothy Quinnan

Adult Students At-Risk

Culture Bias in Higher Education

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780897895224
• ISBN-10: 0897895223
• Artikelnr.: 21966761

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword by Henry A. Giroux Foreword by William G. Tierney
Introduction A Critical Analysis of Adult Higher Education: Research
Question and Methods 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