It's a statistic that's sure to surprise: close to 45 percent of postsecondary students in the United States today do not enroll in college directly out of high school and many attend part-time. Following a tradition of self-improvement as old as the Republic, the �nontraditional" college student is becoming the norm. Back to School is the first book to look at the schools that serve a growing population of �second-chancers," exploring what higher education�in the fullest sense of the term�can offer our rapidly ...
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It's a statistic that's sure to surprise: close to 45 percent of postsecondary students in the United States today do not enroll in college directly out of high school and many attend part-time. Following a tradition of self-improvement as old as the Republic, the �nontraditional" college student is becoming the norm. Back to School is the first book to look at the schools that serve a growing population of �second-chancers," exploring what higher education�in the fullest sense of the term�can offer our rapidly changing society and why it is so critical to support the institutions that make it possible for millions of Americans to better their lot in life. In the anecdotal style of his bestselling Possible Lives, Rose crafts rich and moving vignettes of people in tough circumstances who find their way; who get a second . . . or third . . . or even fourth chance; and who, in a surprising number of cases, reinvent themselves as educated, engaged citizens. Rose reminds us that our nation's economic and civic future rests heavily on the health of the institutions that serve millions of everyday people�not simply the top twenty universities in U.S. News and World Report�and paints a vivid picture of the community colleges and adult education programs that give so many a shot at reaching their aspirations.
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Fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed "Here's to the good and meaningful work we do" by the author on the title page (no personalization). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has minor edgewear. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is fine. "An argument for democratizing knowledge in America". The late Rose was an educator, the recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English, the American Educational Research Association's Distinguished Lectureship, UCLA's Distinguished Teaching Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education, and the Commonwealth Club of California Award for Literary Excellence in Nonfiction. He is the author of "Why School? : Reclaiming Education for All of Us" and "An Open Language: Selected Writing on Literacy, Learning, and Opportunity." Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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