One of the looming concerns of higher education is the demographic cliff: the number of traditional college-aged students is set to peak in 2025 and then decline dramatically over the next several ...

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

Over 60 adult learners gathered at the Mullingar Park Hotel yesterday for the Longford and Westmeath regional meeting of the ...

Every morning at Hawken School’s lower school in Lyndhurst, the staff stands outside and greets students as they walk in the door, letting the children know they are excited to ...

Research shows that adults often enter college with a goal in mind, such as a career pivot, additional education in their current industry or completion of a degree they previously started. But ...

Scenario-based learning is in line with strategies for teaching adults known as andragogy, a term popularized in contemporary higher education by Malcolm Knowles (1913–1997), a central figure in U.S.

In classrooms across the country, students are mastering their ABCs, solving equations, and diving into science. But one essential life skill–behavior–is not in the lesson plan. For too long, ...

There’s an incredibly important program that takes place in the back lots of a number of K-12 school sites. Adult Education serves students aged 18 and over in English as a second language (ESL), ...

Missouri has an ambitious goal -- to ensure 60 percent of Missourians ages 25-64 have a postsecondary credential before 2030. To help it reach that goal, the Missouri Department of Higher Education ...

New Jersey’s Some College No Degree initiative has engaged 280,000 adult learners and driven 13,500 re-enrollments.