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Download full textSchuller, Tom – 1996
Although it is true that education is an investment, there are risks associated with relying too strongly on the metaphor of education as investment. The main problems with the investment metaphor are as follows: (1) it pushes aside the notion of education as a consumption good that people want for its own sake; (2) the human capital approach can…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Demand, Educational Supply
