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Peer reviewedHamilton, Bette Everett – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1979
The author asserts that current federal education policy and student aid programs effectively discriminate against older, part-time, low income students. She calls for changes aimed at achieving equity for adult, part-time learners when the Higher Education Act is considered for reauthorization. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Eligibility, Equal Education, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedArbeiter, Solomon – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1979
Policy modifications by postsecondary, business, and banking institutions are suggested to make small loans readily available to adult learners for higher education. The author focuses on middle-income adult students with an interest in career mobility in examining existing student loan programs, deferred tuition plans, and adult repayment rates.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Students, Federal Aid, Income Contingent Loans
