Back to school : why everyone deserves a second chance at education /

It's a statistic that's sure to surprise: close to 45 percent of postsecondary students in the United States today do not enroll in college directly out of high school and many attend part-time. Following a tradition of self-improvement as old as the Republic, the "nontraditional"...

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Main Author: Rose, Mike (Michael Anthony)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New Press : [2012]
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Summary:It's a statistic that's sure to surprise: close to 45 percent of postsecondary students in the United States today do not enroll in college directly out of high school and many attend part-time. Following a tradition of self-improvement as old as the Republic, the "nontraditional" college student is becoming the norm. Back to School is the first book to look at the schools that serve a growing population of "second-chancers," exploring what higher education--in the fullest sense of the term--can offer our rapidly changing society and why it is so critical to support the institutions that make it.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (225 pages)
ISBN:9781595588036 (electronic bk.)
1595588035 (electronic bk.)