基本説明
This book will help administrators improve the decision-making and implementation skills needed to assess, design, develop, implement, and evaluate courses, programs, and policies to serve adult learners.
Full Description
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
The Authors ix Preface xi 1 Understanding the Context for Adult Learners in Higher Education 1 2 Profiles of Student Issues Related to Adult Learners 31 3 Profiles of Faculty Issues Related to Adult Learners 63 4 Profiles of Institutional Issues Related to Adult Learners 106 5 Profiles of Policy Issues Related to Adult Learners 146 6 Analyzing and Improving College and University Environments for Adult Learners 188 References 205 Index 211
