Tag: Adult Learners: Page 2

Students

‘Degrees When Due’ Initiative Supports Equitable Degree Attainment

With this week’s launch of Degrees When Due, a new three-year initiative by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), nearly 30,000 adult learners and college “stop-outs” are expected to complete their degrees within a year.

September 27, 2018

Students

Expert: Lower-income Dual Enrollment Students Need Additional Support

A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) sheds some light on postsecondary degree-completion outcomes once dual enrollment students leave high school on a state-by-state basis.

September 26, 2017

Home

DC Experiments With Adult Education

The general success of D.C.’s adult charter schools is based on more than just generous funding. One factor is the charter law itself, which helps prevent some of the financial abuses that take place in other jurisdictions where charters can be run by for-profit corporations.

August 10, 2017

Students

Tennessee Reconnect to Clear Path to Degrees for Adult Learners

Adult learners over the age of 24 would be eligible to attend two years of community college tuition-free under the Tennessee Reconnect bill.

April 25, 2017

Students

Golden Gate University Ranked No.1 for Adult Learners

Golden Gate University is ranked No. 1 for adult learners in the latest edition of Washington Monthly’s annual best college rankings issue.

August 28, 2016

Community Colleges

Panel: Free Community College Plans Need More Focus on Adult Learners

As the concept of free community college continues to take root throughout the country, policymakers need to give more thought to the role that such plans can play in the lives of adult learners.

June 30, 2016