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Download full textEhrhart, Julie Kuhn; Lepof, Amanda – 1998
This guide to student financial aid for women explains different types of federal grant and loan programs, describes specific independent scholarships, and directs students on how to apply for such aid. An introduction points out that Americans tend to overestimate the price of college and also notes the average salary benefits of attending…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Degrees (Academic), Federal Aid
Neville, Colin – 2002
This document, which is intended for adults considering enrolling in part-time study in higher education, examines the objectives and experiences of adults who have pursued part-time study in higher education in the United Kingdom. The following reasons why adults return to higher education are discussed: personal development; self-fulfillment;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Burke, Penny Jane – 2002
This book about widening educational participation draws on an ethnographic study of 23 students returning to learning through access courses provided at their local further education college in suburban England. Chapter 1 explains how certain poststructural concepts (discourse, hegemony, deconstruction, and subjectivity) are used as analytical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Continuation Students, Developed Nations
Schuetze, Hans G., Ed.; Slowey, Maria, Ed. – 2000
This book contains 11 papers on higher education and lifelong learners. The following papers are included: "Traditions and New Directions in Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective on Non-Traditional Students and Lifelong Learners" (Hans G. Schuetze, Maria Slowey); "Austria: The Enduring Myth of the Full-Time Student: An…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Change Strategies, Colleges
