Category Archives: NewsDefining Success In Other StatesAdult students are finding success throughout the country. The Chicago-Tribune shares a piece today about adult students and how they work through their responsibilities and add a degree to their skill-set. Today universities and colleges are making it more convenient … Continue reading Older Students Increasing in NumbersKeeping up with national trends, a new blog post has surfaced about the increase in older students. As graduation rates remain stagnant, and the country pushes towards increasing degree attainment, older students are one of the biggest factors in raising … Continue reading 20 Surprising Higher Education FactsU.S. News and World Report wrote a recent post about the “20 Surprising Facts in Higher Education.” The post details some facts about higher education related to cost or attendance. And again we see the very problematic figure: 15. Less … Continue reading CALL Featured on National Radio ProgramCALL has been featured on a national radio program. American RadioWorks, a subsidiary of American Public Media, has just released a report on the growing problem of some college and no degree in our country. In the report are producer … Continue reading CALL and the Shifting Landscape of EducationIn a recent article, the New York Times outlined the successful changes happening in the post-secondary education market. As new, more nuanced and inventive, programs arrive, students are left with more options. At the same time, these programs are drawing … Continue reading WCET: Online Ed on the New Digital ShorelineWCET guest blogger Roger McHaney discusses the changing game of education. For McHaney, the Millennial generation and their reliance on digital technologies are changing the game of education in multiple ways. Then everything changed—the tech-savvy millennials entered the scene. A … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged adult education, fast track, News, online, social media
Leave a comment
The Undereducated AmericanGeorgetown researchers release their report The Undereducated American. Find the full report here. The report outlines the problems related to educational attainment and economic growth and the comparisons that can be drawn from similarly developed nations. Chronicle Blog: ProfHackerAlthough a blog for professors and faculty, this provides a good overview of Google’s new social interest: Google+. What sets Google+ (hereafter “G+”) from Facebook is the plural of that word “circles.” When you start creating a friend list on … Continue reading
Posted in News, Website
Tagged adult education, internet, social media, Summer learning
Leave a comment
Lumina, Goal 2025: Adult Student and Veteran – Watch nowCheck out this inspiring story from Lumina about an adult student and the lengths some go to earn degrees: Adult Student and Veteran – Dan
Posted in News
Tagged adult education, Adult Students, degree, News, student spotlight
Leave a comment
|
Connect With Us
Sign up for our newsletter
Search the Blog
|
|
|
Call (337) 482-1169 |
|
Targetting “Some College, No Degree” Statewide and Nationally
Inside Higher Education outlines some of the national efforts to contact those with “Some College, No degree.” In Washington, the Institute for Higher Education Policy met to discuss these topics and whether or not they were the key to certain … Continue reading →