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?
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This book brings together two large themes of contemporary society and examines the interplay between them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
adult access policies, candidature unique, adult student population, licence degree, legitimation principle, adult university, open faculties, sociology lecturer, adult participation, student clientele, mature students, adult students, admissions tutors, legitimation strategies, academic tribes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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adult access policies, candidature unique, adult student population, licence degree, legitimation principle, adult university, open faculties, sociology lecturer, adult participation, student clientele, mature students, adult students, admissions tutors, legitimation strategies, academic tribes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of Warwick, Catholic University of Louvain, Male Full-time, Male Without, Statistical Bulletin New!
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- Adults in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Access and Participation by Pat Davies on 4 pages
- THE MEANINGS OF MASS HIGHER EDUCATION (Society for Research into Higher Education) by SCOTT in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Idea of a University (Rethinking the Western Tradition) by John Newman on page 18, and Back Matter
- Future Shock by Alvin Toffler on page 15, and Back Matter
- Juvenile Justice by Albert R. Roberts in Back Matter
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- Researching Widening Access to Lifelong Learning: Issues and Approaches in International Research by Beth Crossan on 4 pages
- Higher Education and Lifelong Learning: International Perspectives on Change by Hans Schuetze on page 23, page 121, and page 147
- Higher Educational Policy and Institutional Change: Intentions and Outcomes in Turbulent Environments by Paul R. Trowler in Front Matter, and page 77
- Managing the Learning University (SRHE and Open University Press Imprint) by C. Duke in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Making Sense of Academic Life: Academics, Universities, and Change (SRHE) by Peter G. Taylor in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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