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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

Edsurge

Department of Education forecasts that by 2027, postsecondary enrollment among adults will grow by just 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent growth rate for more traditionally-aged students. Today, this population accounts for just 39 percent. According to some measures , adult higher ed enrollment in the U.S.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

“Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC,” Edsurge informed its readers in February. Assuming Pew’s trends continue at the current rate, by the year 2027, nearly 1 in 3 American adults will transition to online platforms to support themselves with on-demand gig work. See: the LMS, the MOOC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A new analysis from the Center for American Progress found more than two dozen minority-serving institutions would fail a graduation rate requirement for funding in the proposed House update to the Higher Education Act ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” MOOCs are out. ” The Business of Job Training.

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