ED+660

**ED 660: __Higher Education Institutions and Adult Learners__**  **Instructor ** Dr. Michael Speziale


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**Course Description** This course engages doctoral students in an investigation of the history and development of higher education institutions, with emphasis on the adult learners who attend them. Included in this course is a comparative study of the philosophies, objectives and functions of various types of higher education institutions and the adult learning population in contemporary colleges and universities. The various settings in which adults learn and the variety of objectives adults have for learning are also studied.