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Adult Students

News, opinion and advice about adult students in higher education.
Enrollment Inside
By Katherine Mangan October 20, 2023
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
By Emma Hall July 3, 2023
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
By Audrey Williams June April 25, 2023
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
By Lee Gardner February 13, 2023
The gap is widening. Who wants to attend a hollowed-out college?
The Fading For-Profits
By Taylor Swaak January 26, 2023
It would mark the “culmination of the era,” even as demand for online learning persists.
Transportation
By Sylvia Goodman October 11, 2022
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
By Brianna Hatch August 16, 2022
But they might not turn to only colleges for that education, according to a new survey.
College Completion
By Katherine Mangan August 16, 2022
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
By Lee Gardner July 14, 2022
More than 39 million Americans have some college and no degree. What will it take to get them graduated?
Student Debt
By Adrienne Lu July 6, 2022
If enacted, new regulations would ease forgiveness for nontenured professors, borrowers who are permanently disabled, and those whose colleges misled them or closed.