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 the latest episode of Voices of Student Success, we discuss Wichita State University’s adult bridge program to support the transition into higher education.

This is what successful learners do when figuring out how to learn a new language. Sometimes you’ll miss the mark as you unknowingly stumble on an irregular verb or an exception to the rule.

The top-down approach to adult learning is proving cumbersome, costly, and confusing. Those are the key takeaways from an analysis by Harvard University’s Project on Workforce examining the ...

Why it’s never too late to learn a language as an adult The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to ...

In fact, we have many years of evidence that higher education’s existing structures and incentive systems are not well-positioned to serve adult learners. It might shock many to learn that the ...

FITCHBURG — Registration is now open for Fitchburg State University’s Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) fall courses, with offerings that will include a review of major US Supreme ...

PARKERSBURG — Unable to host a similar event last year due to COVID-19 at its new location, the Wood County Adult Learning Center had an open house on the sixth floor of St. Joseph’s landing ...

School is in session, and going back to school may look different for older adults looking to get their degree for the first ...