… examines two themes and the interplay between them: (1) the future of the university in an era
… that explains the basis for the book, chapter 2 examines ideas about the modern university …

… were gained through the Open University and this research is part of the PhD she is currently
completing in the Institute of Educational Technology – also at the Open University. Address…

… As everyone who helps lead a university knows, the stereotypical student is but a sliver of …
“Don’t assume that serving [adult] students is an add-on—that is, it has to be part of the …

… use the terms nontraditional and adult student interchangeably, we argue that adult students
… Located in a relatively sparsely populated region, the university provides services such as …

… • To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity according to diagnostic category in the
adult household population of England. The survey includes assessment of common mental …

… and continuing education is a concern; individuals who are preparing to enter the profession
and who are enrolled in university courses or learning through selfdirected study; and …

… There is no doubt that a great boost for the credibility of university-level distance education
has been provided by the creation of the British Open University (OU) and its achievements …

… RICHARD EDWARDS is a senior lecturer in education at the Open University in Britain.
He has published extensively on flexible learning and postmodernism in education. He is …

… This study suggests that the adult undergraduate student identity is multi-layered, multi-… self,
position, relationships, and learning contexts within the research extensive university setting. …

… Our results with the young adult university sample and those with the adolescent community
sample (Cooper, 1994) tend to be consistent with a modified 'convergence hypothesis' (…