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US News & World Report: Higher Ed Must Do More to Support Working Adults and Family Providers

January 21, 2023

U.S. News & World Report published Chancellor David Andrews’ op-ed providing guidance as to how colleges and universities across the United States can upgrade their abilities to serve working adults on Friday, Jan. 20. The chancellor observes therein that modernizing higher education to make college more accessible to nontraditional students is necessary to ensure more Americans possess the skills needed to succeed in the modern economy.

“This population, which still places great value on higher education, and on whom we must depend upon in our future workforce, is more likely to enroll in more flexible, personalized, and on-demand options,” Andrews writes.

“These learners clearly need and benefit from online and year-round postsecondary education opportunities,’ he continued. “Traditional brick-and-mortar campuses are not designed with the flexibility to allow maximum access to working adult learners. Even online programs with inflexible delivery structures that mirror more traditional fixed course schedules are largely impractical.”

Read the full op-ed in U.S. News and World Report.



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