Adult learner

An adult learner (North America) or mature student (UK) (sometimes also called adult student, returning adult, and adult returner) is a person who is 25 years and up who is involved in forms of learning. ^[1]

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Andragogy

Andragogy refers to methods and principles used in adult education.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Herald

The Boston Herald is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding area.

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Malcolm Knowles

Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (August 24, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an American adult educator, famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy—initially a term coined by the German teacher Alexander Kapp.

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National Center for Education Statistics

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States.

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Nontraditional student

A nontraditional student refers to a category of students at colleges and universities.

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Sharan Merriam

Sharan B. Merriam is professor of adult education at the University of Georgia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_learner

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