Understanding and supporting adult learners : a guide for colleges and universities /
Jacobs, Frederic.
Understanding and supporting adult learners : a guide for colleges and universities / Frederic Jacobs, Stephen P. Hundley. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, - xiv, 218 pages ; 24 cm. - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series . - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding the context for adult learners in higher education -- Profiles of student issues related to adult learners -- Profiles of faculty issues related to adult learners -- Profiles of institutional issues related to adult learners -- Profiles of policy issues related to adult learners -- Analyzing and improving college and university environments for adult learners.
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 is designed to help 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.
9780470592540 0470592540
2010009695
GBB049475 bnb
Adult learning--United States.
Adult college students--United States.
Adult college students.
Adult learning.
United States.
LC5225.L42 / J33 2010
378.1/9824
Understanding and supporting adult learners : a guide for colleges and universities / Frederic Jacobs, Stephen P. Hundley. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, - xiv, 218 pages ; 24 cm. - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series . - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding the context for adult learners in higher education -- Profiles of student issues related to adult learners -- Profiles of faculty issues related to adult learners -- Profiles of institutional issues related to adult learners -- Profiles of policy issues related to adult learners -- Analyzing and improving college and university environments for adult learners.
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 is designed to help 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.
9780470592540 0470592540
2010009695
GBB049475 bnb
Adult learning--United States.
Adult college students--United States.
Adult college students.
Adult learning.
United States.
LC5225.L42 / J33 2010
378.1/9824