Adults in the academy: voices of lifelong learners

Introduction: Hearing voices

Hedonic and eudiamonic approaches to adult learning / Lori A. Doan and Amy E. De Jaeger

Gifting as a construct for older adults' participation in the academy / Sandra Becker

Being a mature-aged student partner : joy, alienation, and disappointment / Preeti Vayada

Learning and teaching with adults : contexts for pedagogy and critical reflexivity / Susan E. Elliott-Johns

Finding my voice : a conversation about indigenous adult education / Katia Olsen and Carmen Rodríguez de France

Bringing our Mohawk people home / Troy Hill

On being successful in UK tertiary education : a lifelong learner's perspective / Barbara Anne Nicolls

Adults' experiences of returning to and succeeding in higher education : three case studies / Keith Burn

Women with caring responsibilities : is there a genuine place for them at university? / Cathy Stone and Sarah O'Shea

Higher education as an additional mid-life transition : motivations and challenges of older female students / Adele Chadwick

Gypsies, travellers, and Roma in UK higher education : a view from inside the academy / Sherrie Smith, Margaret Greenfields and Rebecca Rochon

Voices from down under : analysing the learning experience of adults in an Australian academy / Catherine Snelling, Dorothy Missingham, Sophie Karanicolas, Beth R. Loveys, Lucas Allen, Daniel Cleminson, Geremy Collom, Natalie Dewing, Eli Duykers, Imogen McNamara, Matthew Slater, Ashleigh Taylor and Sinead Wright

Questioning third age learners in Ontario universities : a numeric and policy analysis / Rahul Kumar

Student services for adult learners : reviewing a sample of Ontario universities / Angelina Evans and Kathleen Clarke

The untapped opportunity of older adult students on campus / Cobi Ladner

Should higher education care about baby boomer students? / Monica Wice

Supporting mature students : individualization and learning outcomes / Selina Sharma

My adult learning journey : conceptualizing the past and reorienting for the future together / Melanie Extance

Considering the flip side of online distance education to inspire self-directed learning for non-traditional students / Leahann Hendrickse

Conclusion: Building change / Julie Podrebarac.