Screen LibraryPower, politics, and adult educational administration : the case of a liberal arts institution /
This book seeks to draw out the impacts of power, politics, and critical theory on the growth of adult learning in a small liberal arts college setting. Using critical theory as an analytical tool to investigate questions around budgeting, academic quality, and student access, this volume shows how...
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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This book seeks to draw out the impacts of power, politics, and critical theory on the growth of adult learning in a small liberal arts college setting. Using critical theory as an analytical tool to investigate questions around budgeting, academic quality, and student access, this volume shows how these issues are inextricably bound up with those of hegemony, ideology, and bureaucratic rationality. The author demonstrates, too, how acknowledging these influences at the outset leads to a sustainable and equitable adult learning environment. Through an emphasis on both organizational context |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 99 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page [97]) and index. |
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9780367151942 0367151944 |
| Index Number: | LC5253 |
| CLC: | G729.712 |
| Call Number: | G729.712/K798 |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Continuing Education Timeline at Elizabethtown College: 1899-2014; Highlights; Beyond the Highlights; Part One Beginnings; Chapter 3 Partnerships in Adult Education and the Impact of Critical Theory; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Chapter 4 Critical Theory's Structural Democratic Impulse; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Chapter 5 Challenges to the Status Quo; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Part Two Accreditation and the Continuing Education Plan; Chapter 6 Self-Studies: 1998 and 2009 Observations/AnalysisTakeaways; Chapter 7 New Plan for Continuing Education -- Part I; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Part Three Faculty; Chapter 8 New Plan for Continuing Education -- Part II; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Chapter 9 New Plan for Continuing Education -- Part III; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Part Four Locations; Chapter 10 New Plan for Continuing Education -- Part IV; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Part Five Class Conflict; Chapter 11 Conflicts between Adult and Traditional Students; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Part Six Staff Chapter 12 Stresses and Strains of Critical Theory on the Front LineObservations/Analysis; Takeaways; Part Seven The Rhetoric of Academic Quality; Chapter 13 Faculty Assessment Process as a Gateway for Affiliated Faculty; Observations/Analysis; Takeaways; Conclusion; References; Index |