Adult learning in the United States continues to evolve as colleges, universities, and professional programs adapt to the ...

Several years ago, I tried pursuing a second master's degree at an institution of higher learning with degree programs designed for traditionally aged students. My first master's was a successful ...

Experts have identified an agenda for future research on adult learner engagement, enrollment, and completion.

One of the looming concerns of higher education is the demographic cliff: the number of traditional college-aged students is set to peak in 2025 and then decline dramatically over the next several ...

This series of Voices of Student Success focuses on adult learners in higher education, the various challenges they face and successful support mechanisms to aid their retention and completion.

Once a year, typically in the third week of September, the entire field of adult education collaborates to raise the visibility of Adult Education. National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is ...

As many as 35 percent of students in college today are 25 or older. That translates to some 6.6 million students out of around 19 million in college currently, and their numbers are set to increase ...

As more colleges face the reality of a declining traditional student population, there’s a common belief that adult students are where the growth is. But the reality is more complicated. There are ...

It’s officially back-to-school season – and not just for the Gen Zers and Millennials of the world. All of us – Baby Boomers included – could stand to become students once more and learn a little ...

Scan the crowd filled with fellow members of the class of 2017 at Matriculation, and you'll find about 1,300 other students anxious to join the Tufts community. High school and some gap years ...

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