APL : Developing more flexible colleges.

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Titles

• Full Title: APL : Developing more flexible colleges.

Series Statement

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Edition Statement

• 1st ed.

Notes

• Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Series Editor's foreword -- Foreword to the series -- Introduction -- The alternative focus of accreditation of prior learning -- Introducing accreditation -- The shaping of today's colleges -- Developing pressures -- External pressures for change -- Teaching and learning frameworks -- Teaching and learning: catering for changing needs -- Accreditation and assessment services -- Assessment on demand services -- The shape of tomorrow's colleges -- Developing a distinct mission for the college -- Widening participation -- Attracting potential students -- Dealing effectively with enquiries -- Enabling students to succeed -- The framework of guidance and support -- Organisational factors affecting flexibility -- Organisational climate -- Managing change: assessing the amount of change required -- Managing the pressures to change -- Managing change: change models -- An individual model of change -- A management initiated model of change -- Managing the resistance to change -- Index.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 9780203137185; 0203137183
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1048179602

Publication Statement

• Place: Florence
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Date: 2002; 2001

Physical Description

• Extent: 1 online resource (148 pages).

Table Of Contents

• Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Series Editor's foreword -- Foreword to the series -- Introduction -- The alternative focus of accreditation of prior learning -- Introducing accreditation -- The shaping of today's colleges -- Developing pressures -- External pressures for change -- Teaching and learning frameworks -- Teaching and learning: catering for changing needs -- Accreditation and assessment services -- Assessment on demand services -- The shape of tomorrow's colleges -- Developing a distinct mission for the college -- Widening participation -- Attracting potential students -- Dealing effectively with enquiries -- Enabling students to succeed -- The framework of guidance and support -- Organisational factors affecting flexibility -- Organisational climate -- Managing change: assessing the amount of change required -- Managing the pressures to change -- Managing change: change models -- An individual model of change -- A management initiated model of change -- Managing the resistance to change -- Index.

Summary

• The keystones for provision in the new era of Further Education will be flexibility of response, open access, equality of opportunity, and valuing and accrediting alternative ways of learning - all linked together within the concepts of providing life-long learning opportunities. The provision of APL, along with the support services needed to ensure its success, can be used as the au0300cid test' of whether a college is truly open and accessible to a variety of learners. Written by an experienced manager, this book offers invaluable advice for other managers and senior staff engaged in transforming their colleges to meet students' needs.

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