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To support adult learners, the report offers the following recommendations:
➡️ Prioritize flexible scheduling and online learning options
Colleges should review local Career Education pathways and strategic enrollment plans to ensure alignment and flexibility for full-time, part-time, day, evening, and online students. They need to build capacity to continuously evaluate scheduling practices, identify gaps in course offerings, and develop targeted solutions.
➡️ Streamline re-enrollment and re-engagement processes
Colleges should simplify administrative steps for the re-enrollment process and personalize outreach to students who stopped out. The report offers examples of institutions across the state that are using innovative strategies to re-engage adult learners.
➡️ Provide high-touch, proactive guidance
Colleges should expand access to academic, career, and other support services that help adult learners navigate complex college systems. Findings show that students who used academic support services were nearly twice as likely to complete their educational goals.
➡️ Enhance pathways to high-demand, high-wage careers
Colleges should strengthen connections between education and employment by promoting the use of career services and ensuring adult learners have access to programs that lead to high-demand, high-wage careers—such as the priority jobs identified in San Diego County and Imperial County.
With growing state-level support through new funding opportunities, professional development, and regional collaboration, community colleges can use the reflection questions and resources in the report to spark meaningful discussions and create data-informed plans that better serve adult learners.
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