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Survey often to ensure programming truly meets student's needs
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
student affairs today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7552
pISSN - 1098-5166
DOI - 10.1002/say.30942
Subject(s) - transformative learning , poverty , center (category theory) , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , medical education , economic growth , medicine , economics , chemistry , crystallography
Danny Gourley Fischer, the first in his family to go to college, grew up in an area “where cotton is king and education is pretty low on the list of needs.” He was aware of the transformative possibilities of education from an early age. “I just knew early on that education was going to be an avenue of escaping poverty for me,” said Fischer, now Director of the Center for Adult Learners and Veterans at the University of West Georgia.