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To design microcredentials that meet student needs, follow these 3 steps

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Rather than trying to build many types of microcredentials all at once, they focus on one specific application of the value of microcredentials. As a result of this change, they have seen more applicants for the traditional on-campus master’s program despite faculty fears that microcredential enrollment would cannibalize master’s enrollment.

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Adult learners: Who they are & what they want from college

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Hear EAB’s latest research on the characteristics of the adult learner market We’ve rounded up a few quick facts about adult learners—check them out below. Get more information For more on recruiting adult student populations, including graduate students, subscribe to the Professional and Adult Education Blog.

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We asked 3,800+ graduate and adult students about their program preferences. Here’s what they shared.

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Insights from EAB’s new survey of 3,800 graduate and adult learners Earlier this year, our Adult Learner Recruitment team surveyed more than 3,800 current and prospective graduate students and adult learners to learn more about their motivations and expectations when evaluating program options.

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Adult learner organizational benchmarks

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Build consensus and support for adult serving programs Online degrees Survey question: Do you have the authority to confer graduate or undergraduate degrees online? To build support around online degree conferral, adult education leaders often need to educate stakeholders on campus about the need for flexible program options.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We have a wonderful program called Pathways, where we do outreach to middle schools, high schools and community colleges, providing application clinics and parent academies,” says Dr. Leroy M. Current enrollment is 8,000 students with around 61% in semester credit courses and 39% pursuing adult education. Dr. Janine E.

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Building awareness of your law program is more important than ever

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Their communication with prospects was sent on a pre-determined schedule and standardized, rather than responsive to student behavior and motivations. Learn more about your future graduate and professional students Holly University* is a medium-sized private university in the Mid-Atlantic. Here’s what they shared.

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Survey Highlights What Matters Most to Adult Learners

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In fact, we see that prospective students are increasingly relying on recruiting emails with the percentage of graduate adult learners who said that they consulted recruitment emails increasing from 13% in our previous survey to 20% in our latest survey. This is suggesting that future adult learners will also rely on emails more heavily.