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Adult Learners: Emerging Activists of the Modern Campus

Adult Learners: Emerging Activists of the Modern Campus

David Deggs
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522572749|ISBN10: 1522572740|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522586937|EISBN13: 9781522572756
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7274-9.ch008
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Deggs, David. "Adult Learners: Emerging Activists of the Modern Campus." Exploring the Technological, Societal, and Institutional Dimensions of College Student Activism, edited by Michael T. Miller and David V. Tolliver, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 114-132. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7274-9.ch008

APA

Deggs, D. (2019). Adult Learners: Emerging Activists of the Modern Campus. In M. Miller & D. Tolliver (Eds.), Exploring the Technological, Societal, and Institutional Dimensions of College Student Activism (pp. 114-132). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7274-9.ch008

Chicago

Deggs, David. "Adult Learners: Emerging Activists of the Modern Campus." In Exploring the Technological, Societal, and Institutional Dimensions of College Student Activism, edited by Michael T. Miller and David V. Tolliver, 114-132. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7274-9.ch008

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Abstract

Student activism is mostly thought of as an activity that engages and motivates the traditional-aged students in American higher education to action. The emergence of student activism in the 1960s occurred when enrollment in American higher education was still primarily limited to youth from middle- and upper-class families. The demographics of American higher education have shifted, and the adult learner or non-traditional student now represents a significant amount, if not the majority, of most campus populations. The adult learner brings unique perspective to the higher education classroom based upon their real-world experiences that directly impacts their values, beliefs, and ideas about societal issues. Adult learners in American higher education have the potential to change the ways, means, and longstanding outcomes related to activism in American higher education.

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