Improving Higher Education Environments for Adults: Responsive Programs and Services from Entry to DepartureImproving Higher Education Environments for Adults uses numerous real-life vignettes to examine the changing needs of adult learners as they move through the higher education system, and it suggests ways student development professionals and other educators can make higher education more responsive to these needs. |
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Understanding Adults Life and Learning | 13 |
Adults Needs on Entering Higher | 34 |
Designing Entering Programs for Adults | 56 |
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