Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part One: Context and Overview.

1. Adult Programs: Why They Are Important to the 21st Century College or University.

2. Adult Learners: Who they Are and How They Differ From the traditional Student.

3. Demographics and Projections.

4. Programmatic Best Practices.

Part Two: Where Adult Learners Begin Their Educational Journey.

5. Why Adult Learners Seek College-Level Learning.

6. What Adult Learners Bring to the School.

7. Senior Citizens: the New Adult Learner.

Part Three: Institutional Responses to the Adult Learner.

8. What Adults Need in Their Learning Environment.

9. Stepping Into the Void.

10. The Entrepreneurial Response.

Part Four: Lifelong Learning: Education Is No Longer an Endgame.

11. Graduation Is Only a Way Station in the Lifelong Learning Journey.

Bibliography.

Index.