Keys to Success for Adult Learners (Key Series Audience-specific)

As part of the Keys to Success
series, this chapter-sized segment provides success strategies
specific to adult learners’ needs, including their life
demands, family responsibilities, and professional obligations in
addition to school.


Keys to Success for Adult Learners is
a concise and focused one-chapter-sized segment that validates
and supports the growing population of adult learners. With a
discussion of the benefit of life experiences, it helps adult
learners understand how what they already know can help them learn
in an academic setting. With specific strategies that take into
account the circumstances of non-traditionally-aged students, it
helps the adult learner prepare effectively for college, work smart
while there, manage academic responsibilities, and handle stress.
These materials are designed to increase the engagement and
retention of the adult learner, benefiting learners as well as
institutions.