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

EAB

Get more information For more on recruiting adult student populations, including graduate students, subscribe to the Professional and Adult Education Blog. Explore Adult Learner Recruitment Learn more about how EAB is helping 180+ institutions recruit and enroll adult learners.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions.

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To serve them well, colleges must regain the trust of adult students

University Business

Adult learners are an increasingly attractive cohort of student prospects to recruit. Students who re-enroll through the Warrior Way Back program can also access various student support services designed specifically for adult learners. Adult learners are balancing a range of complex psychosocial challenges.

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Biden Admin Issues Guidance after Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin The materials further suggested that schools could help to expand the pipeline of diverse applicants through outreach, recruitment, and pathway programs in partnership with local schools or organizations.

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Top Retention Strategies for Diverse Modern Learners

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

As the needs of students change, universities must alter their recruitment and retention strategies to make sure that their messages resonate with diverse student prospects, and that they provide the right support services to meet these students’ needs. Financial assistance and scholarships.

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How your future students’ needs are changing in 5 big ways

University Business

Have you updated the recruitment pitch your college is making to prospective students as other options beckon and enrollment continues to slip? What colleges should do : Administrators must consider alternatives to the traditional weekday schedule to recruit the increasing number of prospective students who want more flexibility.

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Are you losing grad and adult enrollments at the last minute? Try these 4 strategies.

EAB

Our Adult Learner Recruitment team has found that setting at least two deadlines to drive early enrollment, deposit, or registrant activity works best. My team deploys surveys to admitted students on behalf of our Adult Learner Recruitment partners to understand the likelihood a student will choose their institution.