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Authors: Julia Preece, Ann-Marie Houghton
ISBN-13: 9780754614654, ISBN-10: 0754614654
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: December 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Julia Preece

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Table of Contents

List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Pt. IThe Context
1A Kind of Higher Education5
2Action and Research21
3Surveying the Provision37
Pt. IIExploring the Kind of Higher Education Debates
4Skills and Lifelong Learning in the Community59
5A Curriculum Off-limits: Social and Cultural Relevance77
6Educational Guidance: Customer or Citizen?91
7Technology in the Community108
Pt. IIIThe Learners' Stories
8Nurturing Social Capital in Communities: Women in East Lancs133
9Nurturing Social Capital in Communities: The DAB Centre145
10Nurturing Social Capital in Communities: The Bridge Centre160
11But is it Higher?174
Appendices187
Bibliography195
Index211

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