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How adult learners are not getting 21st-century skills

  • Written by Iris Feinberg, Assistant Director of the Adult Literacy Research Center., Georgia State University
imageWho are adult learners and what takes them back to school?COD Newsroom, CC BY

More and more adults are going back to school to learn new skills. The National Center for Education Statistics data show a 7 percent growth in college enrollment for adults over the age of 24 between 2005 and 2015. This is projected to increase to 12 percent by 2019.

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