TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pearson,A.Fiona
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Back in School : : How Student Parents Are Transforming College and Family
T2  - The American Campus Ser
SN  - 9781978801912
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New Brunswick
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Public universities and colleges
KW  - fast
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Educational change
KW  - Adult education
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Democratisation de l'enseignement
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Enseignement
KW  - Reforme
KW  - Éducation des adultes
KW  - Universites publiques
KW  - United States
KW  - Adult college students
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - IndexAbout the Author; Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1. "We're Not Living in the Old School Anymore": Student Parents on Campus; 2. The American Dream?: Expanding Opportunities and the Changing University; 3. "I'm Just Looking for Some Kind of Understanding": Academic Resources and Campus Culture; 4. What Students Want and Why; 5. Weaving Existing and New Identities at Home; 6. False Promises?: Go to College, Get a Job; 7. "It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint": Final Thoughts; Appendix: List of Student Parent Participants and Sample Demographics; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Open Access
N2  - "Back in School explores what it means to be a successful student and how these valuations are shaped by access to resources and cultural beliefs regarding the perceived purpose of a college education as we venture forward into the twenty-first century. These student parents have chosen to be a part of a traditional campus culture, attending public colleges and universities where they can learn, grow, and prepare themselves for not just a job but a life outside of school and work. In challenging dominant paradigms regarding the purpose and function of public higher education in the twenty-first century, these students are also, albeit not always consciously, calling for changes in that will produce greater socioeconomic and gender equity in our culture, on college campuses, and in their personal lives"--
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/67802/
ER  -