Power, politics, and adult educational administration : the case of a liberal arts institution / by John Kokolus.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Continuing education timeline at Elizabethtown College, 1899-2014 -- Beginnings -- Partnerships in adult education and the impact of critical theory -- Critical theory's structural democratic impulse -- Challenges to the status quo -- Accreditation and the continuing education plan -- Self-studies, 1998 and 2009 -- New plan for continuing education -- Faculty -- New plan for continuing education -- New plan for continuing education -- Locations -- New plan for continuing education -- Class conflict -- Conflicts between adult and traditional students -- Staff -- Stresses and strains of critical theory on the front line -- The rhetoric of academic quality -- Faculty assessment process as a gateway for affiliated faculty -- Conclusion.