Report: Adult and Independent College Applicants on the Rise

Report: Adult and Independent College Applicants on the Rise

The number of adult learners and other independent students applying to college has doubled in under a decade. The trouble, a new report suggests, is getting them to enroll. Financially independent students—including adult learners, emancipated traditional-age students and veterans—make up a large and fast-growing portion of the college applicant pool, according to a new report from Common App. Those students, who are more likely to be low incom…

State budget includes free community college tuition for adult learners, including OCC students

ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The newly enacted state budget includes funding to allow free tuition for adult learners aged 25 to 55 who are interested in high-demand fields. The new budget […]