Back to School
Itas a statistic thatas 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 anontraditionala college student is becoming the norm. Back to School is the first book to look at the schools that serve a growing population of asecond-chancers, a exploring what higher educationain the fullest sense of the termacan 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 nationas economic and civic future rests heavily on the health of the institutions that serve millions of everyday peopleanot simply the top twenty universities in U.S. News and World Reportaand paints a vivid picture of the community colleges and adult education programs that give so many a shot at reaching their aspirations.power, that those in adult education who went through American schools blew it the first time through, and so society should not have to pay again for what ... The creatorsof the new GED exam includeprofessional development intheir reform initiative, particularlythe offering of online modules to explainthenew format and content, butI wonder whether these modules willbe more thanan ownera#39;s manual. ... I am really struggling to get my high school diploma, but I know someday I will.
| Title | : | Back to School |
| Author | : | Mike Rose |
| Publisher | : | New Press, The - 2012-09-18 |
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