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Hargraves, Neil Kevin – History of Education, 2010
Newbattle Abbey College, Scotland's only adult residential college, was founded in the 1930s by Philip Kerr, 11th Marquis of Lothian. This paper traces the debates concerning the college and the rationale for adult residential education until the 1950s, focusing on the difficulties that Newbattle faced in establishing itself as a central part of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Development