Adult Learner Focus

Support for Adult Learners

We support adult learners, especially those who take courses online. There are many reasons for going back to school as an adult. You might be seeking a credential so that you can enter a new field of work or obtain a promotion in your existing field. Maybe you love your current job in computer science but want to learn about Shakespeare, or maybe you have developed an interest in psychology. Maybe you were a bright teenager who hated school because it was boring and you never got the right support, or never had that special teacher who inspired you. Or maybe you did have that one special teacher, and he or she is the reason you always told yourself that you would go to college someday. Maybe you started college in your teens but had to drop out for financial, health or family reasons, and you have long been looking forward to the day you could go back to school to finish what you started. Maybe you studied economics as an undergraduate because that’s what your parents told you to study, but what you’re really interested in is art history. Now is your chance to study on your own terms, at your own pace, and isn’t that liberating?

New Opportunities for Adult Students

You and every other adult student still have your goals and dreams, and you appreciate that higher education can help you to achieve them. Still, though, you may have concerns and apprehensions about how to achieve success as an adult learner, especially in an online environment. The good news is that the internet enables adult educational opportunities that simply were not available in the past. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) give you access to the best professors in the world, for example. But for your purposes, online courses that offer you a specific degree or certificate program appeal to you the most.

Study Anywhere, From Anywhere

What are the best colleges for returning adults? That depends of course on your field of study and your pocketbook, but it no longer depends on your geographical location. If you live in California but want to take a degree from a college or university in Massachusetts, you can do so. Anyone from Oklahoma can find an online adult degree program in Washington, DC that would be perfect for them, and that they won’t have to travel outside of Oklahoma to complete. Meanwhile, adult Oklahomans (and adults everywhere, really) who want to earn a degree at their excellent local universities, but for whatever reason can’t make it to a campus up the street, can still pursue that dream. We are here to help you explore and achieve that dream.