Adult Students
Adult students, or students who are older than their peers who enrolled after high school, face different challenges and advantages that their peers. Some adult students have families, full or part-time jobs, and may be considered non-traditional students. Our collection of news, opinion, and advice stories on adult students can help answer important questions, like:
- What do colleges offer adult students?
- How can institutions better serve this demographic?
Enrollment Inside
Ashland University, in Ohio, is one of the first institutions targeted by the Education Department, which had warned that it was scrutinizing programs eligible for Second Chance Pell Grants.
Access
Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated students became eligible for Pell Grants on July 1. Experts point colleges toward a set of best practices.
Potential Re-enrollees
More than 40 million students left higher ed before finishing. A new report has insight on which ones might be lured back.
The Gloves Are Off
The gap is widening. Who wants to attend a hollowed-out college?
The Fading For-Profits
It would mark the “culmination of the era,” even as demand for online learning persists.
Transportation
When public transit is limited, students can be “one flat tire away from dropping out.” An unusual program is chipping away at the problem.
College Completion
But they might not turn to only colleges for that education, according to a new survey.
College Completion
As the number of traditional-age students shrinks, educators double down on efforts to re-enroll the 39 million Americans who left without a credential.
STUDENTS
More than 39 million Americans have some college and no degree. What will it take to get them graduated?
Student Debt
If enacted, new regulations would ease forgiveness for nontenured professors, borrowers who are permanently disabled, and those whose colleges misled them or closed.
