Higher Education Blog
Subscribe to Blog
-
-
Recent Posts
Tags
access adult education adult learners Adult Learning adult student adult students Alison Griffin Best practices budget career education Cathy Sandeen college affordability college costs college enrollment college readiness college student community college community colleges Complete College America continuing education cost of education Dave Jarrat distance learning Elise Scanlon financial aid for-profit education gainful employment GI Bill graduate education Harvard University higher education increase graduation rate Infographic InsideTrack John Ebersole Kai Drekmeier Kathryn Dodge Larry Penley low-income students MIT MOOCs NASPA National Center for Education Statistics Noel Levitz online class online education online learning online students outcomes persistence public universities Radio Higher Ed Radio Higher Ed podcast retention Stanford University student coaching student debt student engagement student enrollment student graduation student loans student outcomes student persistence student retention student services Student success student support student veterans technology thought leadership traditional students undergraduate education UPCEA veterans webinarArchives
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
Categories
Recent Comments
- Bob Albrecht on Online College Courses Get A Big Boost, But Doubts Persist
- Ava on Certification – Indications of Market Readiness in U.S. Higher Education
- Dorris on InsideTrack is one of the World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Education
- Reyes Lowd on Mobile Computing: Transformation or Preservation in Online Learning
- Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund on The Nontraditional Student and the Traditional Campus—strangers in a strange land.
Tag Archives: adult student
Video: Willena Glaster on InsideTrack and achieving her dream
Learn about how InsideTrack enables adult student success.
Watch the video: youtube.com
Posted in Adult Learners, Persistence and Graduation
Tagged adult student, InsideTrack, Student success, Willena Glaster
InsideTrack featured in BMO’s latest education industry report
InsideTrack adult student research and services are featured in BMO’s latest education industry report. Here are the key considerations:
- For-profit education growth has slowed, though some rebound is expected. While still small at roughly 10% market share (nearly $129 billion), the for-profit sector has impacted each segment of the education industry—childcare, K-12, postsecondary, and corporate training.
- Economic cycles are important. The acyclical theory of education was proven wrong during and after the 2001 recession.
- The November elections could be a game changer. While the bulk of actual spending is done by parents, students, and corporations, both legislation and
Higher Education in a Digital World
Steven Starks
Senior Academic Counselor
University of Phoenix
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” The words of Charles Darwin are strikingly relevant to the world of higher education. Colleges and universities are in the midst of a pervasive and radical change driven by innovations in technology. Institutions must respond to change in a way that helps shape the future of higher education or find themselves in the precarious position of obsolescence.
In the ninth annual survey on the state of online education… Continue reading
Supporting College Completion for Adult Students
Walter Pearson
Dean of the School for Professional and Continuing Education
Lewis University
Life had derailed Margaret’s goal of a bachelor’s degree. She had re-started college in an evening program, only to be sidetracked again by work and family. Her advisor called her up after a year off from studies and encouraged her to resume classes. With his help, a boost from the Prior Learning Assessment program, a flexible accelerated schedule, convenient campuses and services and affordable tuition largely covered by her employer’s tuition remission program, she graduated in 2.5 years. Most importantly, she was proud of… Continue reading
Ensuring Retention Among Distance Learners
Melisha Childs
Certified Associate Registrar
Sanford Brown College
People are busy – too busy to go to school – at least in person. This is primarily because they are adult students who are stifled by time spent in their careers or adult students who have family and cannot commit to full-time school in the way that traditional students do. Many schools understand this, on the profit and non-profit side of education, and have developed rigorous programs to accommodate the busy, adult student.
Cross-posted from The EvoLLLution, originally published May 9, 2012.
