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Improving higher education environments for adults : responsive programs and services from entry to departure

Title
Improving higher education environments for adults : responsive programs and services from entry to departure / Nancy K. Schlossberg, Ann Q. Lynch, Arthur W. Chickering.
Author
Schlossberg, Nancy K., 1929-
Publication
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1989.

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Additional Authors
  • Lynch, Ann Q., 1931-
  • Chickering, Arthur W., 1927-
Description
xix, 281 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The Jossey-Bass higher education series
Uniform Title
Jossey-Bass higher education series
Subject
  • Universities and colleges > United States > Administration
  • Education, Higher > United States
  • Adult education > United States
  • Learning, Psychology of
  • Continuing education
  • Education > in adulthood
  • Education, Continuing
  • Learning > in adulthood
  • Universities > organization & administration
  • continuing education
  • 79.63 adult education
  • Continuing education
  • Adult education
  • Education, Higher
  • Learning, Psychology of
  • Universities and colleges > Administration
  • Erwachsenenbildung
  • Seniorenstudium
  • Universität
  • Higher education
  • Adult education
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.
Contents
Applying new perspectives to educating adults -- Understanding adults' life and learning transitions -- Moving in: adults' needs on entering higher education -- Designing entering programs for adults -- Moving through: learners' concerns in managing personal and academic lives -- Creating programs to foster educational progress -- Moving on: challenges adults face in developing new life and work roles -- Providing culminating programs for adults -- Payoffs to learners from improved educational support -- How institutions benefit from supporting adult learners -- Changing the educational environment for adults: advice to academic leaders.
ISBN
  • 1555421369
  • 9781555421366
LCCN
88032049
OCLC
  • ocm18744707
  • 18744707
  • SCSB-1922926
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library