New Survey Suggests Three Strategies To Re-Enroll Adults Who’ve Dropped Out Of College (Forbes)
A new survey of adults who’ve dropped out of college finds that 57% have completed about half or more of the credits needed to complete a degree program. Of this group, the majority indicated they wanted to return to college to finish their degrees.
Those are two of the main finding from a survey conducted by UPCEA and StraighterLine, a provider of online college courses. The study, entitled “Disengaged Learners & Return Paths to Higher Education,” was conducted in June, 2023 using an internet panel of about 1,1oo adults between the ages of 18-24 who had been enrolled in college at one time but stopped out before completing a degree. Read more.
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