Practice for Life - Making Decisions in College

Undergraduates do not experience college as having a clear beginning and end. Their engagement with higher education is at best episodic. But as Practice for Life shows, the disruptions provide opportunities for reflection and course-correction as students learn to navigate the future uncertainties of adulthood.

Info autore

Lee Cuba is Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College.Nancy Jennings is Associate Professor of Education at Bowdoin College.Suzanne Lovett is Associate Professor of Psychology at Bowdoin College.Joseph Swingle is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Wellesley College.

Riassunto

Undergraduates do not experience college as having a clear beginning and end. Their engagement with higher education is at best episodic. But as Practice for Life shows, the disruptions provide opportunities for reflection and course-correction as students learn to navigate the future uncertainties of adulthood.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lee Cuba, Lee J. Cuba, Lee Jennings Cuba, Lee/ Jennings Cuba, Nancy Jennings, Jennings Nancy, Suzanne Lovett, Joseph Swingle
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9780674970663
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97066-3
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; Education, EDUCATION / Administration / General, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Decision theory: general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy