Public Libraries: Your Partner in Increasing College Literacy among Nontraditional Prospective Students

Autor/in	Hands, Africa S.
Titel	Public Libraries: Your Partner in Increasing College Literacy among Nontraditional Prospective Students
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 34 (2023) 1, S.47-54 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hands, Africa S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
DOI	10.1177/10451595211069092
Schlagwörter	Public Libraries; College Admission; College Bound Students; College Readiness; Multiple Literacies; Knowledge Level; Nontraditional Students; Partnerships in Education; Library Services; Educational Attainment; Educational Opportunities; Adult Students; Barriers; Cooperation; Information Dissemination + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Wissensbasis; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Bibliotheksarbeit; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Co-operation; Kooperation; Informationsverbreitung
Abstract	The Netflix docudrama, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, illustrates how college admissions, particularly at elite colleges, favors the privileged. Higher educational attainment overall favors the informed. Prospective students have many options when it comes to earning a college degree, with some of the more visible options (e.g. for-profit institutions) to degree attainment resulting in time and money wasted for nontraditional students. Thus, higher education professionals must educate prospective students on their options--sometimes at nontraditional locations. The local public library is one such uncommon, yet ideal location for reaching adult prospective students. Written from the perspective of a former higher education admission and advising professional now library science faculty, this article proposes that the reopening of public libraries post-quarantine is an opportune moment for colleges and universities to create partnerships to recruit adult students. Following a discussion of degree attainment among nontraditional students, barriers experienced, and public library services for adults, I offer four practical suggestions for higher education practitioners to collaborate with public libraries to broaden nontraditional, adult prospective students' awareness of postsecondary opportunities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01