Lifetime Learning

Abstract

Learning is a lifetime experience for all of us. Whether in a formal or informal manner we all strive to improve our knowledge of the world we live in. Today’s working adults face the hurdles of balancing a heavy workload and family responsibilities with the desire and need to continue their educational advancement. The advancement in technology has enabled many to meet these challenges by bringing the school and its classrooms into the homes. Internet graduate courses are quickly becoming the norm in the American culture and now in the subcultures of our city universities. In this article we examine how two such institutions have not only met this challenge but also proven to be very successful for all.


In correlation with the Functionalist Perspective, University of Phoenix and Webster University masters’ degree program seems to be most functional with today’s active adult student. In examining this article through the Functional Perspective, both univers...