Editor’s note: This article is part of Teaching the Adult Learner: Practical Strategies for Higher Ed Success, a six-part series exploring how colleges can better support nontraditional students.

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

For adult learning, there is no one way that fits all or one expert who knows everything. In today's rapidly changing, disruptive world, it has to be adaptive, collaborative and with content ahead of ...