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Your institution can't afford to ignore the needs of adult learners
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
recruiting and retaining adult learners
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-6458
pISSN - 2155-644X
DOI - 10.1002/nsr.30458
Subject(s) - atlanta , session (web analytics) , quarter (canadian coin) , institution , psychology , medical education , association (psychology) , gerontology , mathematics education , pedagogy , medicine , political science , advertising , business , history , law , metropolitan area , archaeology , pathology , psychotherapist
ATLANTA — With more than a quarter of current American undergraduates classified as adult students (27 percent of undergraduates are 25 years old or older), it is more important than ever to consider how the needs of adult learners are — and aren't — being met by our current higher education landscape. That was the message from a session on the urgency of the adult learner at the annual conference for the Association of American Colleges and Universities.