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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New Press :
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781595588036 (electronic bk.) 1595588035 (electronic bk.) |