When adult learners see themselves as contributors to knowledge, their relationship to education changes and they become knowledge builders.

Several years ago, I tried pursuing a second master's degree at an institution of higher learning with degree programs designed for traditionally aged students. My first master's was a successful ...

A study captures the voices of adult learners and highlights ways higher education institutions can help them navigate unique challenges and provide needed support now and in the future. Between ...

After spending 27 years as a classroom teacher, building administrator, and district superintendent in Florida and Montana, I’ve gained a new vantage point on K-12 learning during the past ...

The Great American Teach-In has brought people from all walks of life into classrooms across Volusia County and elsewhere.

Once a year, typically in the third week of September, the entire field of adult education collaborates to raise the visibility of Adult Education. National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is ...

The University of Dubuque is redesigning its Learning Institute for Fulfillment and Engagement (LIFE) program to give adult ...

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.

November 13, 2025 - Many mentoring and tutoring programs in K-12 schools rely partially on federal grants through AmeriCorps — funding that President Donald Trump has proposed entirely eliminating.

More than 2 out of 3 college students today are not coming straight out of high school. Half are financially independent from their parents, and 1 in 4 are parents themselves. David Scobey says that, ...