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Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education
Mike Rose
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Description for Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: JNKS; JNM; JNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
The statistics come as a total surprise to most: 45 percent of college and university students do not enrol directly out of school. Many are part-time students, people who are returning to school after life intervened, or otherwise 'nontraditional' learners-and this segment is growing. Back to School is the first book to look at this population of 'second chancers', in a work that Make magazine calls 'optimistic yet simultaneously realistic.'
The statistics come as a total surprise to most: 45 percent of college and university students do not enrol directly out of school. Many are part-time students, people who are returning to school after life intervened, or otherwise 'nontraditional' learners-and this segment is growing. Back to School is the first book to look at this population of 'second chancers', in a work that Make magazine calls 'optimistic yet simultaneously realistic.'
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781620971468
SKU
V9781620971468
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99-15
Reviews for Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education
Praise for Back to School: "Back to School opened my eyes. It forced me to dig through my own beliefs about whom contemporary higher education is for and why, and how we might best re-craft it for learners who desire it deeply." Anna Neumann, The Journal of Higher Education "Mike Rose shines a light on institutions ... Read more