Background
Maehl, William Henry was born on June 13, 1930 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States. Son of William Henry and Marvel Lillian (Carlson) Maehl.
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(Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs ) Author: William H. Maehl Nov-1999
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Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs (Publication in the Higher and Adult Education Series) (Hardback) - Common
(Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation...)
Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners, this text offers strategies that have been successful with adult learners. For staff attempting to improve existing programmes or for teams building new ones, it offers practical ideas necessary to design solutions.
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Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs
("A must-read for anyone in higher education, human resour...)
"A must-read for anyone in higher education, human resource development, or adult education. This impeccably researched book reflects an encyclopedic and intimate knowledge of innovative adult higher education programs and provides an impressive historical context for such programs. It will be a classic sourcebook for anyone in the field." - Howard Y. Williams, professor emeritus, Human Resource Development and Adult Education, University of Minnesota"A comprehensive, careful, and compelling study of adult learners and learning today. Lifelong Learning at Its Best demonstrates why education - from cradle to grave - is so important to our society in coping with the demands of burgeoning technology, addressing global competition, and recognizing the need for ongoing job retraining. It should be required reading for leaders in education, business and industry, and policymaking." - C. Wayne Williams, president, Regents College It is widely accepted that lifelong competency in today's world requires lifelong learning. Schools, colleges, and workplaces have responded to this new reality by implementing educational and training programs. But which programs really work?Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners - in a study directed by prestigious educational and business leaders - William Maehl offers strategies that have been most successful with adult learners across the nation. From Georgetown University to Toyota, he describes winning program models and all their components. Organized under such key learning objectives as competence, collaboration, and self-directedness, these success stories reveal the specific instructional, organizational, financial, and other program components that make the greatest difference in learning outcomes. For staff attempting to improve existing programs or for teams building new ones, this resource has all the practical ideas you need to design effective solutions.
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William Henry Maehl
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1950; Master of Arts, University Minnesota, 1951; postgrad (Fulbright fellow), King's College, U. Durham, England, 1955-1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1957; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Fielding Institute, 1993.
Career
Assistant professor, Montclair (New Jersey) State College, 1957-1958;
assistant professor, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland., 1958-1959;
assistant professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1959-1964;
associate professor, U. Oklahoma, 1964-1970;
Professor of English history, U. Oklahoma, 1970-1986;
dean, College Liberal Studies, 1976-1986;
vice provost for continuing education and public service, College Liberal Studies, 1979-1986;
president, The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, California, 1987-1993;
president emeritus, The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, California, since 1993. Principal investigator Project for a Nation of Lifelong Learners, RegentsColl., Albany, New York, 1994-1997. Visiting professor U. Nebraska, summer 1965.
Vis.fellow Wolfson College Oxford (England) University, spring 1975. Fellow Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1976.
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Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs (Publication in the Higher and Adult Education Series) (Hardback) - Common
(Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation...)
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Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs
("A must-read for anyone in higher education, human resour...)
- Lifelong Learning at Its Best : Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs
- (Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs ) Author: William H. Maehl Nov-1999
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Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs (Publication in the Higher and Adult Education Series) (Hardback) - Common
Membership
Member council National Center for Adult Learning, 1990—2001. Board directors Alliance for Alternative Degree Programs, 1988—1990. Trustee Council for Adult and Experimental Learning, 1990—1994, Southwestern College, 2000—2002.
Fellow: Association Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Royal History Society. Member: Adult Higher Education Alliance.
Connections
Married Audrey Mae Ellsworth, August 25, 1962. 1 child, Christine Amanda.
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American
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1950
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1951
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1993
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1957 - 1958
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1958 - 1959
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1959 - 1964
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1976 - 1986
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1979 - 1986
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1987 - 1993