The Rise of the Adult Learner: A Presidential Panel Discussion

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Short Description

Non-traditional students are the majority on college campuses. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal highlighted that traditional students now make up only 29% of total college enrollments in the US, and future projections have adult enrollments far surpassing those of traditional students for the foreseeable future. For years, traditional universities have been slow to react to the demands of this growing audience and have largely ceded these adult learners to the for-profit institutions. However, rising college costs and associated student debt; reductions in state funding; soaring unemployment; demands from political leaders; and national movements like Complete College America have traditional universities scrambling to find ways to better appeal to the new “traditional” adult student audiencev

Authors

• Jason Huett, University of West Georgia

• Andrew Tawfik, Concordia University Chicago

• Jennifer Smolka, Walden University

• Mary Ellen Dallman, Valdosta State University