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Category Archives: Adult Learners
Infographic: Thinking of returning to school? You aren’t alone.
More people than ever today, between the ages of 30-64, are going back to school to obtain master’s, professional, or doctoral degrees. Overall, these students that have obtained an advanced degree earn up to 69.2% more than someone with just a bachelor’s. The demand for advanced degrees are expected to grow significantly in coming years, so now is a better time than ever before to consider returning to school.
View infographic: cps.neu.edu.
Eight Things Colleges Should be Doing For Military Spouses
By Maria Montalvo
When Jesica Rasmussen began looking into her university options three years ago, she had more on her mind than a typical college freshman. As the wife of an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army, Rasmussen could expect many moves in her future. She could expect deployments when her husband was away for long periods of time, leaving her alone to care for their four children. She also had to find the funds to pay for school with limited budgets and financial programs available to military spouses.
Read more: universitybusiness.com
Posted in Adult Learners
Tagged college freshman, military spouses, military students
Are you Superior, Adequate or Inferior?: Perceptions of quality among prospective online students
Dave Jarrat
Vice President, Marketing
InsideTrack
Jill hits the “send” button, firing off the last of the inquiry emails to her short-list of online graduate programs. She waits eagerly for the responses as she gets ready to leave the office. Within seconds, she gets an email back. It thanks her for her inquiry and says that a representative will contact her shortly. It’s an auto-response and doesn’t answer her questions, but at least she knows that her inquiry got through. She looks forward to speaking with the representative. An hour later, she still has no responses from the… Continue reading
Posted in Adult Learners, Online Education
Tagged admissions process, online students, Prospective students
For Veterans, Unmet Goals
By Allie Grasgreen
ORLANDO – The disparity between college administrators’ desire to help student veterans succeed and their ability to do that is becoming more apparent as the issue gains increased attention.
According to the Department of Defense, 325,000 active duty service members were enrolled in college courses in 2011. Institutions expect that number will continue to rise as more soldiers returning from Afghanistan utilize their Post-9/11 GI Bill federal tuition benefits, for which 2 million veterans are eligible.
As a result, more colleges are starting up student veterans’ centers or hiring staff specifically to serve this demographic, but… Continue reading
Colleges Have Little Data to Track Military Students’ Success, Report Says
By Libby Sander
Few colleges track statistics that may help them design more-effective services to support military and veteran students, a new study has found.
In a survey of 239 institutions, a majority said they did not collect retention or completion rates. Nearly three-quarters did not do so for active-duty military students, while about two-thirds did not do so for veterans. The research was conducted jointly by NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and InsideTrack, a company that provides success coaching for students.
The groups’ seven-page report on the survey findings, released on Thursday, suggests that without… Continue reading
Posted in Adult Learners, Online Education
Tagged adult learners, adult students, distance learning, InsideTrack, NASPA, student veterans
