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Adult learners consistently have the lowest persistence and first-year retention rates of any student age group, with rates hovering around 50% in most recent years. While students over age 24 have diverse reasons for dropping out of school, the group as a whole [...]

The average college-hopeful student receives 454 pieces of mail per year. Is this the most effective medium to make meaningful engagements with potential students? […]

Remedial education, especially for adult learners in community college and trade school programs, has been a fixture for years and one that has been well-studied over the past couple of decades. […]

With most people worldwide feeling stressed by the pandemic, not least college staff and faculty, we still need to add one more thing to our plates: finding ways to provide more student mental health services this year and into the future. […]

Getting students oriented and helping them succeed in college will be more difficult this year than ever before. The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on every institution and individual in our society, and college students—especially at-risk and first-year—are going to need more [...]

College finances were trending down before the pandemic hit, but they grew to become particularly dire once the disruptions to operations began in Spring 2020. However, no one has a crystal ball, and in fact, some of the current news is positive. The [...]

Student retention is central to the mission of higher education: graduating students with the skills and knowledge to be successful employees and members of society. Yet retention also impacts school finances, reputation, and rankings. Though application and enrollment numbers may be the first [...]