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Nontraditional Adult Learners: The Neglected Diversity In Postsecondary Education, Joseph Chen Jan 2017

Nontraditional Adult Learners: The Neglected Diversity In Postsecondary Education, Joseph Chen

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications

In the discourse on diversity in colleges and universities in the United States, an often-neglected population is nontraditional adult learners. This article explores this invisible aspect of undergraduate diversity, and addresses how competence-based education, which focuses on demonstrating the actual ability to do , is an innovative approach that caters to adult learners’ life phase and learning needs. College arguably is a youth-centric phase of life generally designed for the younger student.However, the stereotypical full-time student who lives on campus is actually a small percentage of the entire postsecondary population. Due to the demands of an increasingly competitive world of …


Why The Adult Brain Likes Pla, Catherine Marienau Dec 2014

Why The Adult Brain Likes Pla, Catherine Marienau

SCPS Competency-based Education Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Learning In A Competence-Based World Institute: Mindsets, Models And Methods, Catherine Marienau, Pamela Meyer, Russ Rogers Ph.D., Donna Younger, Kathryn Wozniak Nov 2014

Learning In A Competence-Based World Institute: Mindsets, Models And Methods, Catherine Marienau, Pamela Meyer, Russ Rogers Ph.D., Donna Younger, Kathryn Wozniak

SCPS Competency-based Education Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


A Conversation About Learning In A Competence-Based World, Catherine Marienau, Pamela Meyer, Russ Rogers Ph.D., Donna Younger, Kathryn Wozniak Oct 2014

A Conversation About Learning In A Competence-Based World, Catherine Marienau, Pamela Meyer, Russ Rogers Ph.D., Donna Younger, Kathryn Wozniak

SCPS Competency-based Education Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.