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Integrate different generational needs for a strong adult learner experience
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
enrollment management report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6263
pISSN - 1094-3757
DOI - 10.1002/emt.30523
Subject(s) - baby boomers , adult learner , adult education , institution , psychology , adult learning , pedagogy , sociology , demographic economics , social science , economics
CLEVELAND — Working with adult learners comes with a particular challenge in that adult learners at your institution can, and will, cross generational lines. When recruiting adult learners, you might be speaking to members of several different generations — everyone from baby boomers to Generation X to millennials, all with different needs, expectations, and sources of motivation.