By Andrea Henderson - EvoLLLution. While the Oregon Promise is an immensely positive first step towards increasing degree completion statewide, it’s oversight of non-traditional students and lack of funding for retention and success initiatives leaves room for improvement. More...
29 avril 2016
Current Iteration of Oregon Promise Leaves Out Adults and Completion
The Best Way to Thank Our Veterans: How to Support This Unique Adult Student Cohort
By Elsa Núñez - EvoLLLution. Improving the student experience for veterans requires institutions to offer services and support mechanisms specifically designed to address the unique needs of this growing demographic. More...
28 avril 2016
Finding Metrics that Matter to Adult Students
By Javier Miyares - EvoLLLution. Despite the influence ratings and rankings have on prospective students’ choices, they do a poor job of reflecting the true capacity for a student to succeed at a given college or university. More...
Beyond Dodgeball: Tailoring Extracurricular Opportunities for Adults
By Jo Emanuelson - EvoLLLution. Non-traditional students see the value in extra-curricular opportunities, but if those opportunities don’t align with their reasons for attending they won’t sacrifice their precious time to participate. More...
ROI for Adult Learners: Maximizing Higher Ed’s Non-Monetary Value
By Tennis Lilly - EvoLLLution. It’s critical for universities to make more extra-curricular opportunities available for learning to enrich the non-monetary value of their postsecondary experience. More...
Kentucky partnership will help college-going adults
By The Hazard Herald. Kentucky Adult Education and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority will launch a partnership on April 1 aimed at helping qualified adults transition or return to college or technical school. More...
24 avril 2016
Micro-Credentials Offer Universities an Opportunity to Bridge Skill Gaps
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Higher education leaders are pondering how to make bite-sized, low-cost learning opportunities available to students in different ways. Working adults who change jobs and careers frequently often don’t need to go through an entire degree program to learn different skills. More...
20 avril 2016
INSEE :Enquête obligatoire sur la formation des adultes
Un arrêté du 23 mars 2016 portant mise en œuvre d'un traitement automatisé d'informations individuelles relatif à une enquête sur la formation des adultes. Créé à l'Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) un traitement automatisé d'informations individuelles relatif à une enquête obligatoire sur la formation des adultes. Voir l'article...
19 avril 2016
10% boom in Irish ELT, propelled by adult enrolments
By Sara Custer. English language schools in Ireland saw a 10% rise in student numbers in 2015, driven by gains in adult student weeks and the fruition of targeted marketing campaigns in Asia. More...
15 avril 2016
Making literacy everybody’s business
By Andreas Schleicher. While poor literacy skills severely limit people’s access to better-paying and more rewarding jobs, data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills also shows that individuals with poor literacy skills are far more likely than those with advanced literacy skills to report poor health, to believe that they have little impact on political processes, and not to participate in associative or volunteer activities. More...
