University Isn't Just for Young People

Autor/in	Tatlow, Pam
Titel	University Isn't Just for Young People
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 23 (2012) 3, S.18-19 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Knowledge Level; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Mathematics Education; Social Mobility; Higher Education; College Students; Adult Students; College Applicants; College Attendance; Student Surveys; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Mathematische Bildung; Soziale Mobilität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; College applications; Studienbewerber; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Schülerbefragung; Großbritannien
Abstract	One in three undergraduate students enter university for the first-time when they are over 21--not that one would notice given the obsession of both media and politicians with younger students progressing to university straight from school or college at 18 or 19. This focus on younger students has been put into even sharper relief in the debate about the next Director of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA)--now confirmed by ministers as Professor Les Ebdon. For those interested in ensuring that people of all ages have opportunities for learning and progression, this emphasis on younger students is depressing. It also completely ignores the diversity of the student profile that is one of the features of UK higher education and which has been a key factor in promoting social mobility. The author concludes that for those who really care about social mobility, it is the decline in applications by mature students, and not the appointment of Les Ebdon as Director of OFFA, that should be setting alarm bells ringing. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10