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Nontraditional Adult Learners: The Neglected Diversity In Postsecondary Education, Joseph Chen Jan 2017

Nontraditional Adult Learners: The Neglected Diversity In Postsecondary Education, Joseph Chen

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications

In the discourse on diversity in colleges and universities in the United States, an often-neglected population is nontraditional adult learners. This article explores this invisible aspect of undergraduate diversity, and addresses how competence-based education, which focuses on demonstrating the actual ability to do , is an innovative approach that caters to adult learners’ life phase and learning needs. College arguably is a youth-centric phase of life generally designed for the younger student.However, the stereotypical full-time student who lives on campus is actually a small percentage of the entire postsecondary population. Due to the demands of an increasingly competitive world of …


The Feeling Of Difference: Minority Faculty Experience In Academe, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D. Jan 2005

The Feeling Of Difference: Minority Faculty Experience In Academe, Dan K. Hibbler Ph.D.

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications

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