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The Ever-Changing Face of the Adult Learner

The Ever-Changing Face of the Adult Learner The Ever-Changing Face of the adult learner was preventing these students from succeeding, but lacked the knowledg to deal with the problem. Now these students have come to us for one last tq and if w are to serve them-as the law says w must cation. c any are Mnning their &gree wo& &iIe oth- as educators we desire to do-then we need to make and en are returning to finish degrees started at an earlier w should begm with staff. Many some changes. Perhaps age. Some are preparing for new cawrs. Now in the see students with problems, but faculty and instructors 19qos, with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities m not informed or even aware of how they can be Act (ADA), we are seeing a new adult learner on campus. accommodated. Some find it ovenhelming to adapt the In addition to ensuring rights for the physically chal- way they teach to meet all the many ddemt needs. On lenged, the ADA includes the learning challenged. k are grave concerns that teaching many campuses, there their numbers increase on college campuses, w will adaptations would lower standads. While there is always need to reexamine the ways http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

The Ever-Changing Face of the Adult Learner

Adult Learning , Volume 7 (2): 12 – Nov 1, 1995

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 1995 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
ISSN
1045-1595
eISSN
2162-4070
DOI
10.1177/104515959500700209
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Abstract

The Ever-Changing Face of the adult learner was preventing these students from succeeding, but lacked the knowledg to deal with the problem. Now these students have come to us for one last tq and if w are to serve them-as the law says w must cation. c any are Mnning their &gree wo& &iIe oth- as educators we desire to do-then we need to make and en are returning to finish degrees started at an earlier w should begm with staff. Many some changes. Perhaps age. Some are preparing for new cawrs. Now in the see students with problems, but faculty and instructors 19qos, with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities m not informed or even aware of how they can be Act (ADA), we are seeing a new adult learner on campus. accommodated. Some find it ovenhelming to adapt the In addition to ensuring rights for the physically chal- way they teach to meet all the many ddemt needs. On lenged, the ADA includes the learning challenged. k are grave concerns that teaching many campuses, there their numbers increase on college campuses, w will adaptations would lower standads. While there is always need to reexamine the ways

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Adult LearningSAGE

Published: Nov 1, 1995

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