The Changing Contexts of Adult Learning ((3 Credits))

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In this course, students will address the current social, political, organizational, and technological climate within which adult learning in higher education is evolving. Course readings will focus on specific forms of structural change effecting adult learning, including globalization, neoliberalism, and the changing financial and organizational structures of higher education. Students will engage with the various social and ideological debates concerning these issues and address the implications for their particular institution of higher education. Students will interrogate political and cultural factors which promote or impede the realization of their commitments and challenges of committed action. Included will be approaches available in political analysis and case studies of activism.