The Future of Education

The Future of Education

Why Do Adults Return To College? It’s More Complex Than Higher Ed Leaders’ Data Suggest

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Michael B. Horn
Feb 22, 2021
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Higher education leaders love to segment their student population by different categories.

A popular one is to categorize adult learners by their motivation for returning to school. Marketers characterize students as returning to school to do things such as switch careers, change jobs, advance in their career, earn more money, reskill or upskill.

Although…

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