Adult & Post-Traditional

The number of students who left college before earning a credential continued to rise during the last two years.

A new, free online certificate program from Arizona State’s Thunderbird School of Global Management will be offered in 40 languages and seeks to reach refugees, women and others in the developing world.

Wick Sloane’s annual survey of highly selective colleges reveals they enroll few undergraduate veterans (if they take the time to reply at all).

The Department of Education begins the process of writing new regulations limiting what for-profit institutions can count as nonfederal sources of revenue with two public hearings this week.

A report by the Veterans Education Project argues using instructional spending ratios to measure quality puts nontraditional institutions at a disadvantage -- but others argue that’s not what the metric is for.

A new initiative will focus on developing adult-friendly pathways at predominantly and historically Black community colleges to increase their completion rates.

Massachusetts university system will align with adult-serving online institution in California, aiming to create a major national player in online learning.

To educate adult learners successfully, short-term credentials must build toward degrees, Paul Freedman and Paul LeBlanc argue.