The Ready-for-Prime-Time Players: Colleges Cater to the Adult Schedule.

Thompson, Hugh L.

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Publication Date: 1985

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The Ready-for-Prime-Time Players: Colleges Cater to the Adult Schedule.

Thompson, Hugh L.

Educational Record, v66 n3 p33-37 Sum 1985

Colleges and universities are attracting and retaining a significant adult market partly by scheduling classes to conform to adult life-styles, including lengthening the academic day, week, and year; altering the timing patterns, sequencing, and distribution of courses; and offering courses at a variety of locations. (MSE)

Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Curriculum Design, Enrollment Influences, Facility Planning, Flexible Scheduling, Higher Education, Innovation, Marketing, Program Length, Scheduling, School Holding Power, School Schedules, Student Needs, Student Recruitment

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