Adult Students Resources*

Learning in the Fast Lane: Adult Learners' Persistence and Success in Accelerated College Program

Lumina Foundation Report plus follow-up summary.

Returning to Learning Lumina Foundation Report

Adult Student Services Resource Links

• Bucks County Community College
• DePaul School on New Learning
• Kansas State University Adult Student Services
• Kent State University
• Long Island University, C.W. Post campus
• Meredith College
• Middle Tennessee State University OWLS Adult Student Services
• University of Delaware ACCESS Center Adult Centers for Continuing Education Student Services
• University of Tennessee
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• UW Waukesha

Adult Student Organizations

• Bibliography of organizations for adult learners
• Association of Nontradtional Students in Higher Education
• Adult Student Organization Duquesne University
• OWLS Older Wiser Learners Middle Tennessee State University
• RASO Returning Adult Student Organization Penn State University

Resources

• Advising Adult Learners Commission Resources and News Updates
• Adult Student.com
• Adult Education Statistics via About.com
• Adult Learner Stories via About.com
• Children in the classroom (college and university policies)
  • Metropolitan State University
  • Monash University
  • Trinity University
  • University of Memphis

• Credit for experience

  • colleges and universities offering credit for life experience via getcollegecredit.com

• A Shared Purpose - Adult and Developmental Education Programs at Community Colleges

• Encouraging college student success: the instructional challenges, response strategies, and study skills of contemporary undergraduates
• Lifespan development and lifelong learning
• Principles of Adult Learning
• 2003 Bibliographies
  • Adult Learner Research
  • Adult Student Advising Sources
  • Nontraditional Sources
  • Nontraditional Student Sources