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The kids at the end of the bench – Observations about ACHE 2011
Remember those kids who eagerly waited at the end of the bench at each football game—hoping the coach would just put them in the game (and maybe give them a shot at making the play that saves the day). At last week’s ACHE (Association for Continuing Higher Education) conference, Tom Kennedy, Executive Director and President of Regis University’s New Ventures, aptly described adult-serving programs and their students as “the kids at the end of bench.” Well, it’s game day for higher education in the United States and adult-serving programs are at the vanguard of innovation because their students are critical in… Continue reading
The Nontraditional Student and the Traditional Campus—strangers in a strange land.
In 1961 Robert A. Heinlein published a science fiction novel about a human who returns to earth in early adulthood after being born and raised on Mars. His presence precipitates the transformation of earth’s culture…and the title of Heinlein’s book, Stranger in a Strange Land, has become a catch phrase for alienation and cultural change. I thought of that catch phrase from this cult classic when Dr. Patricia Book, Assistant Vice President of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach at Northern Colorado University, challenged her audience at the recent Noel-Levitz conference to view adult learners as “first generation students.”
Other presenters—including… Continue reading
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