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Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

EAB

Hear EAB’s latest research on the characteristics of the adult learner market We’ve rounded up a few quick facts about adult learners—check them out below. In our 2023 survey of adult learners , respondents identified financial aid, scholarships, and cost of attendance among the top factors they consider when making an enrollment decision.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. In many cases, partners jointly completed a project that benefitted both institutions.

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Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs

EAB

March 14, 2023. I'm a director of strategic research here at EAB with a focus on community colleges. Are you seeing any data or any research about students pursuing alternative options to college or kind of the traditional community or technical college option? Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

Here we are in 2023, and I am still in education. She had been an adult student in a community college and then transferred to a bachelor’s degree where I was in a very traditional R1 research university. Even simple things like naming your Cashier’s Office, the bursar’s office. That was 1998. We all focus.

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The Eight Dimensions of Student Wellness

EAB

July 18, 2023. All of my research recently has been on the impact of the pandemic on college student success and looking at the ways we're gonna have to evolve to better support students going forward as we navigate this recovery. Did you know your bursar is a wellness office? Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast.

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How to Encourage Student Help-Seeking Behavior

EAB

July 25, 2023. I'm a managing director of research here, and I have done a lot of work on student success over the years. LS: In fact our research has shown that there's four primary benefits that students experience from truly building and developing their help seeking skills. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast.

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