States that part-time university students are discriminated against, most importantly by the students' lack of contact with full-time faculty. Explains the various reasons why full-time teachers cannot or do not want to teach evening classes of adult part-time students and offers some alternatives to alter such attitudes. (MF)

Describes changes effected at the Community College of Philadelphia to enhance educational achievement and opportunity; e.g., an audit of the Associate in General Studies, curricular revisions to meet the needs of part-time students, institutional assessment efforts at program and course levels, and the development of a new remedial education…

Trends in participation of socioeconomic groups in Australian higher education since 1852 are chronicled, with attention given to the policies promoting expansion and democratization, social attitudes associated with part- and full-time participation, the role of world events and related social change, religion and gender differences, and…

This book, which is intended for academics, educators, educational managers, and policymakers concerned with higher education, examines how universities and colleges can prepare their students for lifelong learning through continuing education, specialized courses for adults, and mainstream teaching programs geared toward traditional students. The…