Compares adult students' demographics, transfer credits, responsibilities, financial aid, and other characteristics at two colleges, and explores how they affect retention, degree completion, and academic success in accelerated and traditional programs.

Provides an overview of the state's community colleges, examines promising strategies to improve graduation rates among different demographics, and suggests new practices for community colleges, for collaboration among institutions, and for state policy.

Provides an overview of the state's community colleges, examines promising strategies to improve graduation rates among different demographics, and suggests new practices for community colleges, for collaboration among institutions, and for state policy.

Proposes a comprehensive and reliable need-analysis formula for calculating financial aid for independent -- and disproportionately low-income -- students. Explains the method's premises, components, and differences from the Federal Methodology.

Proposes a comprehensive and reliable need-analysis formula for calculating financial aid for independent -- and disproportionately low-income -- students. Explains the method's premises, components, and differences from the Federal Methodology.

Examines the relationship between the increase in enrollment of underrepresented minority students, and of low-income students. Emphasizes the importance of looking at both factors to inform campus diversity policies and practices.

Examines the relationship between the increase in enrollment of underrepresented minority students, and of low-income students. Emphasizes the importance of looking at both factors to inform campus diversity policies and practices.

Provides an overview of research on adult learners' characteristics, risk factors, and needs at four-year institutions and in for-credit and non-credit courses, and what changes institutions and governments can implement to help adult students succeed.