Adult learners typically bring a range of goals, responsibilities, and strengths to college. Despite the average age of community college students being 28, college’s structures, processes, and cultures are often designed based on the learning and support traditional 18-21-year-old students. This can result in adult learners taking longer to complete their credential, stopping or dropping out, or not getting connected to their local college at all.
Yet many colleges across the ATD Network have been working to identify and scale promising strategies to enroll and retain more adults in their communities with little or no college experience. This half day Summit, taking place on May 11 from 11:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET, will explore the diverse experiences of adult learners (students aged 25+) and share high impact practices colleges can implement to better serve these students. This summit is offered at no cost to ATD Network colleges.