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Working Adults
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Tighter limits on borrowing for master’s and professional degrees are leaving prospective students and colleges fearful of the future.
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Artificial intelligence can help bridge gaps for students, but it isn't as simple as buying a bunch of products, college leaders said at the ASU+GSV Summit.
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Higher education is balancing innovation with equity, student support, and pedagogical integrity as it reshapes itself for a new learning era.
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America doesn’t suffer from a shortage of pathways to opportunity. It suffers from a shortage of ways to help people navigate those pathways. Community colleges need to step up and play a central ro...
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As Lourdes University, a private institution in Ohio, expanded sports teams, it did bring new students to campus. But overall enrollment continued to decline.
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New research challenges assumptions about post-traditional learners, finding that older and working students often show strong persistence and graduation outcomes.
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As enrollment patterns shift and learner demographics diversify, institutions must rethink how they define growth and whom they prioritize. Age friendly st
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Community colleges participating in NC Reconnect gathered to discuss approaches to student data use and adult learner reenrollment.
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UWGB leaders hope their efforts will keep the region’s growing retirement-age population sharp and socially engaged — and potentially in the workforce for longer — while also bolstering enrollme...
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Arkansas State University System is launching a privately funded scholarship for adult learners who delayed college, supporting degree programs, training, and career advancement.
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Community college student parents face an undeniable reality: only 37 percent complete a degree or certificate within six years, compared to 59 percent of students without children (Reichlin Cruse et al., 2019).
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Michigan’s statewide effort has re-enrolled thousands of adults with some credits but no credential, addressing both enrollment declines and workforce needs.
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As state lawmakers weigh whether to increase funding for the all-online community college for adult learners, Calbright officials are hopeful but have sent layoff notices to more than half the employe...
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At Old Dominion, a move to accelerate courses has divided the campus.
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A new California Competes report finds that more than 100,000 adults with young children say childcare costs prevent them from enrolling in or returning to college.
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As the college-age population shrinks, states and campuses are trying to bring adult learners back before it’s too late.
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Here's how North Carolina’s community colleges faculty are working to better support adult learners on the pathway to attainment.
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Community colleges play an important role in child care solutions for both student parents and communities.