Quinnan Timothy William, 1961-

Adult students "at-risk": culture bias in higher education /
Timothy William Quinnan; foreword by William G. Tierney.

p. cm.--(Critical studies in education and culture series,
ISSN 1064-8615)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-89789-521-5 (alk. paper).--ISBN 0-89789-522-3 (pbk.:
alk. paper)

1. Adult education-- United States. 2. Education, Higher--United
States. 3. Age discrimination--United States. 4. Critical theory.

I. Title. II. Series.

LC5251.Q55 1997

374--dc21 97-216

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1997 by Timothy William Quinnan

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-216

ISBN: 0-89789-521-5
0-89789-522-3 (pbk.)

ISSN: 1064-8615

First published in 1997

Bergin & Garvey, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
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The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of the following
material:

Excerpts from Closing the Doors: Stories of Struggle at U.C. by M. Stephens in a 1993
report prepared by the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati.

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