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Learning in adulthood is an intensely personal activity. Yet at the same time, a multibillion-dollar enterprise has arisen in response to adult learning interests- an enterprise that spends more dollars than elementary schools, high schools, and postsecondary schools combined. Indeed, the field of adult and continuing education is characterized by a bewildering array of programs, agencies, and personnel working to assist adults in their learning....
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Highlights the topics, issues, questions and debates that any student obtaining a degree in the field of management must master to be effective in today's business world. Offers a particular emphasis on the current structure of the topic in the literature, key threads of discussion and research on the topic, and emerging trends. Includes issues of managing nonprofit arts, medical, sports, and philanthropic organizations in the 21st century.
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This encyclopaedia is a dynamic reference and study place for students, teachers, researchers and professionals in the field of education, philosophy and social sciences, offering both short and long entries on topics of theoretical and practical interest in educational theory and philosophy by authoritative world scholars representing the full ambit of education as a rapidly expanding global field of knowledge and expertise.