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Why we must improve opportunity and accessibility for adult learners

University Business

Across the higher education landscape, the challenge of attracting adult learners to higher education has become universal. As a college based in the UK, the choice and opportunity for adults reentering education tends to be limited. And in the past decade, they’ve begun to turn away from higher education.

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About 370 more free college programs have erupted nationwide in 8 years

University Business

Michigan’s Kalamazoo Promise was one of the first College Promise programs rolled out in 2005. These efforts are conducive to their mission of eliminating educational gaps and expanding employment opportunities. As of last year, California leads the way with 89 free college programs, followed by Texas and Michigan with 24.

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From president "designee" to president in three years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Two years later she led a task force that coordinated the institution’s academic support services into a one-stop Center for Academic Success, serving as its founding director and later becoming dean of academic services and then vice president for academic services. ” Ramage is also part of that tradition.

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Using Tentacular Pedagogy to change the HE culture

SRHE

However, the ‘dog-eat-dog’ culture of Higher Education (HE), austerity measures and more are leading to harmful consequences, and stakeholders with protected characteristics are worst affected ( Berg, Huijbens, and Larsen 2016 ; UKRI 2021 ; Bhopal 2020 ; Blell, Liu and Verma 2022 ).