Adult Students At-Risk - Culture Bias in Higher Education

Adults have been and remain marginalized in academic institutions because of the persistence of a deeply rooted culture bias. This work analyzes the current state of the adult student experience in higher education, exploring the organizational, instructional, and interpersonal barriers that adults face in reaching their educational goals. Using applied critical and postmodern theory, the author explores the hypothesis that adults are at-risk in higher education settings because of such bias. The book includes an extensive review and critique of the literature and of contemporary adult programs and practices. In addition, adult students' personal accounts of their academic experiences are presented. This study not only reveals the nature and scope of the obstacles faced by adult students, but begins to suggest tangible ways students and educators can work to overcome them.

List of contents

Series Foreword by Henry A. Giroux
Foreword by William G. Tierney
Introduction
A Critical Analysis of Adult Higher Education: Research Question and Methods
Adult Students "At-Risk": Theoretical Definitions
The Political Economy of Adult Education: A Critical Theory Perspective
Adult Students' "Stories of Struggle": A Critical Field Study
Postmodern Possibilities in Adult Education
Critical Postmodern Leadership for Adult Education
Postscript
Bibliography
Index

About the author

TIMOTHY WILLIAM QUINNAN is Assistant Dean and Chief Student Affairs Officer at Raymond Walters College at the University of Cincinnati.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Quinnan, Quinnan Timothy William
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.1997
• EAN: 9780897895224
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-522-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 198 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; USA, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Adult education, continuous learning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice, Current Events and Issues: Education