What makes adult learners persist?
Despite many barriers, adult learners primarily persist to increase their earning power or workplace advancement and for personal fulfillment, according to Dr.…
From fall 2012 to fall 2022, college student enrollment dropped by about 1.9 million students – almost 10%.
College enrollment has been declining since 2010 – due to factors like falling birth rates and rising college tuition, among others.…
State leaders, education stakeholders, and representatives from 52 N.C. community colleges gathered in Greensboro last week for the first statewide convening on how to reengage adult learners.…
Since 2021, the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research has gathered data, stories, and lessons learned from colleges participating in NC Reconnect – the initiative to re-engage and enroll adult learners in North Carolina community colleges.…
The Editor’s Notes
Last week, we hosted with the John M. Belk Endowment a convening on adult learners and the future of higher education.
52 of 58 community colleges were represented!
Whatever your interest in education, take a minute to read more about demographic changes facing our state as laid out by the amazing Jim Johnson. “If we’re going to maintain our superiority as the most attractive place to live and do business in this country, we’re going to have to be serious about talent development, recruitment, and retention,” he said.
NC Reconnect is the initiative to re-engage and enroll adult learners in North Carolina community colleges. Don’t miss the four research briefs released by our colleagues at the Belk Center on this initiative.