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Steitz, Jean A. – Lifelong Learning, 1985
Discusses, from a developmental perspective, issues surrounding the middle-aged adult student experience within institutions of higher education. Three topics are addressed: cognitive abilities and needs, with an expanded role for professors; the academic normative environment versus the adult normative environment; and professor and adult student…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Students, Cognitive Ability, Educational Environment
