Healthy adults may perceive their wellness exams as an impersonal, mandatory checklist with counseling on lifestyle changes. Over a four-year period, well visits with patients at the University at ...

The Office of Faculty Affairs invites proposals for its 3 rd Teaching and Learning Conference. This annual event will convene faculty, administrators, and researchers to exchange knowledge and best ...

CJ Wolf, a professor at Brigham Young University-Idaho, explains we need to embrace adult learning theory, which recognizes that adults learn differently than children. Making mistakes, for example, ...

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.

Whether it’s healthcare professionals picking up local dialects to better care for their patients or corporate trainers mastering new techniques to effectively share operational knowledge with new ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--University of Phoenix is releasing the findings of a study designed to gain a better understanding of adult learner needs and perception of higher education. University of ...

Adults lead complex lives with limits on the amount of time they have to engage in formal learning. This reality, combined with the amount of effort and practice needed to develop one’s literacy ...