{"product_id":"9780335213771","title":"Higher Education and the Lifecourse","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"key arguments for policy and practice for lifelong learning in higher education.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Higher Education Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the 21st century it is increasingly clear to professionals at all levels of formal and informal education that we need to refresh the concept of lifelong learning. Most importantly, the concept needs to be expanded so that it is lifelong and lifewide, concerned not just with serial requirements of those already engaged, but also with the creation of opportunities for those who have not found the existing structures and processes accessible or useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book discusses resulting arguments about policy and practice in three parts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One focuses on the lifelong dimension, addressing in particular the changing nature of the student population. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two investigates the lifewide connections between higher education and other areas of social and economic life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three offers a structural analysis, based on research on changing needs of learners, and setting out some key implications for higher education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigher Education and the Lifecourse\u003c\/i\u003e provides a timely analysis of the higher education sector and will be an important resource for graduate students, researchers, policy makers and senior managers within the fields of higher and post-compulsory education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Companies, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50007954653424,"sku":"9780335213771","price":59.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780335213771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}