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Characteristics of Adult Learners and How to Engage Them

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

The digital transformation higher education has experienced in recent years has flipped the entire industry on its head. Thanks to this massive shift, adult learners have greater access to higher education through flexible learning models. Understanding the Adult Learner Audience.

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Do Community Colleges Need an “Intervention”?

EAB

That is heartbreaking because that is the hope of these many students who started a community college thinking that it would be a really good entree in transition to higher education and it ends up being a dead end for them. It's down by another 15%. So yeah, I think many people get it. You mentioned it's not just the pandemic.

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4 ways financial aid partnerships can help you ride out the turbulent FAFSA season

University Business

Financial aid offices often deal with some of higher education’s most complex, nuanced and flat-out tricky fine-print problems. This delay in aid can lessen students’ financial aid rewards and impact their decision-making. Recent national developments will only exacerbate the problem.