Synopsis
Adult learners comprise almost 50 percent of all students enrolled. Some argue they are pioneering change in today’s higher educational landscape. This book is designed to assist faculty members and administrators who want to understand how the impact of adult learning programs has and is helping to transform the academy and how newer initiatives are likely to change their own campuses in the coming decades. Through the use of case studies, and by blending the theoretical aspects of adult learning with practical application and personal experience, Lee Bash depicts each facet of adult learners and the requirements higher education must fulfill to meet their needs. The author explores The context of adult learning from four perspectives: adult programs, adult learners, demographics and projections, and programmatic best practices The distinguishing characteristics of adult learners, the special challenges they face, their motivations to continue their education, and why they seek and what they bring to college–level learning The institutional responses to the adult learner, such as programmatic perspectives and the fundamental needs required to sustain adult learning programs Meaningful applications of the term “lifelong learning” as well as some projections on how the 21st–century academy is likely to change This book is a helpful guide to all interested in understanding adult learning’s place in academia today and implementing and sustaining successful adult learning programs for tomorrow.
About the Author
Lee Bash has been dean of the Division of Lifelong Learning at Baldwin–Wallace College (B–W) since 1999. Dr. Bash received his PhD at SUNY–Buffalo. His more than 30 years in adult, college, and high school education have taken him from teacher, professor, and administrator to researcher, author, lecturer, and consultant. His busy life included ten years in Kentucky where he served as chair of Fine and Performing Arts at Bellarmine College while concurrently holding the post of director of the Kentucky Governor′s School of the Arts. He has published five books and more than 200 articles ruing his career. In recent years, Dr. Bash has been in great demand as he has presented his research and papers for numerous organizations devoted to the adult learner. His regular column, "Bash on Books," was featured of more than 15 years in Jazz Educators Journal . He continues to write articles occasionally for Jazziz Magazine . In 2000, Dr. Bash completed the prestigious Management and Leadership in Education program at Harvard University. In 2001, he led a team of faculty from B–W at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) titled "Sustaining Innovative Leadership on the Campus." Dr. Bash has also contributed a chapter to The Administrative Portfolio , edited by Peter Seldin and Mary Lou Higgerson (Anker, 2002).
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