Editor’s note: This article is part of Teaching the Adult Learner: Practical Strategies for Higher Ed Success, a six-part series exploring how colleges can better support nontraditional students.

Not all pathways to academic and professional success are the same. If you are a working-adult or returning student, you bring life experience that gives you broad insight and enables you to translate ...

Scenario-based learning is in line with strategies for teaching adults known as andragogy, a term popularized in contemporary higher education by Malcolm Knowles (1913–1997), a central figure in U.S.

More colleges and universities are enrolling nontraditional learners—adults who have completed some college education but didn’t finish a credential or those who are re-enrolling to gain new skills or ...

A movement to help students understand rather than memorize has had sprawling effects, including pushback on teaching methods ...