About half of U.S. adults (51%) think having a college education is “very important,” according to a recent poll from Gallup that solicited responses from around 2,000 people. More...
Adultes
30 janvier 2020
Report: Shrinking share of adults thinks college is ‘important’
21 janvier 2020
Les compétences, c'est important: Autres résultats de l'Enquête sur les compétences des adultes
Quel avenir pour le personnel de formation des adultes ?
Résultats du Projet de mobilité K1 "Le bleu européen comme étendard contre l’exclusion des adultes"
20 janvier 2020
The Minister of Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education of Benin on the fourth UNESCO Global Report on Adult Learning
In almost one-third of countries, fewer than five per cent of adults aged 15 and above participate in education and learning programmes, according to GRALE 4. Adults with disabilities, older adults, refugees and migrants, minority groups and other disadvantaged segments of society are particularly under-represented in adult education programmes and find themselves deprived of crucial access to lifelong learning opportunities. More...
Canadian adult educator Daniel Baril elected Chair of UIL Governing Board
Mr Daniel Baril, Director General of the Canadian Institute for Cooperation in Adult Education (ICAE), has been elected Chair of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Governing Board. He succeeds Ms Malak Zaalouk, who presided over the Board from 2017 to 2019. More...
19 janvier 2020
Latvia: national forum on adult education developments
On 22 November 2019 stakeholders discussed the developments in adult education in the national forum ‘I work and learn’. Topics included among others: learning for employees at the workplace, involvement of employers in adult education, good practice examples in providing learning at the workplace, challenges and solutions for quality assurance in non-formal education. More...
L'importance des adultes dans le développement de la persévérance scolaire
La persévérance ressemble à un muscle : si elle n’est jamais stimulée, elle ne se renforcera pas. Ainsi, tous les adultes dans la vie de l’enfant ont une importance capitale pour améliorer cette compétence. Des enseignants aux parents en passant par la famille proche ou même des inconnus passionnés, l’idée est d’encourager les jeunes à apprendre et pas seulement en classe. Plus...
16 janvier 2020
Why Ball State University is seeing more adult, part-time grad students
The university says it has seen 69% growth over the past five years in the number of students taking all of their classes online. More...
Adult learner enrollment keeps sliding, new data shows
The number of students who are older than 24 and enrolled in college declined by 2.7% to 6.2 million in the fall of 2019, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. More...
