Adult Education: From a Terminal Degree to Lifelong Learning

Autor/in	Donohue, Nicholas C.
Titel	Adult Education: From a Terminal Degree to Lifelong Learning
Quelle	In: New England Journal of Higher Education, 22 (2008) 4, S.22-23 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-5978
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Low Income; Adult Basic Education; Lifelong Learning; Adult Learning; Credits; Adult Students; Low Income Groups; Colleges; High School Equivalency Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Niedriglohn; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Adulte education; Adult training; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule
Abstract	In the conversation about underserved populations in New England, higher education often revolves around "school-aged" students of color and students from low-income families. This is understandable; after all, these are the fastest growing populations in the region. In this article, the author says it is time to reinvent education. One place to start is with adult learners who have been left out of that conversation, underserved and overlooked by higher education. He suggests that the region's higher education institutions--two- and four-year, private and especially public--will need to increase their flexibility on credits, costs and when and where students are engaged in order to remove barriers from students who are working toward degrees while balancing work and raising families. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	New England Board of Higher Education. 45 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111. Tel: 617-357-9620; Fax: 617-338-1577; e-mail: connection@nebhe.org; Web site: http://www.nebhe.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10