Creating a Place for Adult Learners in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities

Creating a Place for Adult Learners in Higher Education provides insights into how to attract, teach, support, and retain students over the age of 25, an important yet often overlooked student group. The book covers recruitment, admissions, financing, course and program provision, teaching approaches, and student support, retention, and completion. It draws from the most up-to-date research and practical experience and offers strategies and recommendations to place adult students at the center of the educational process.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Creating a Place for Adult Learners in Higher Education is a comprehensive guide that delves deep into the strategies and approaches necessary to attract, teach, support, and retain students over the age of 25, a significant yet often overlooked student group. Spanning various aspects of adult students' relationships with higher education institutions, this book offers a thorough exploration of recruitment, admissions, and financing; course and program provision and teaching approaches; and student support, retention, and completion.

The discussion is enriched by chapters that provide valuable insights into adult student demographics, including both their diversities and commonalities. It also delves into the challenges faced by leaders in this field and discusses the various measurements of success. Drawing from the latest research, practical experience, and descriptions of best practices by programs historically serving adults, the authors offer a wide range of strategies and recommendations aimed at placing adult students at the center of the educational process.

This book is a valuable resource for higher education leaders, practitioners, and administrators who are committed to better accounting for and supporting this key student group, which currently constitutes approximately 30% of the US undergraduate population. By embracing the insights and recommendations provided in this book, these stakeholders can create inclusive and effective learning environments that meet the unique needs and aspirations of adult learners.

Weight: 440g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781642672817