New Book Chronicles 50 Adult Learner ‘Comeback’ Stories

Adult learners bring decades of experience, responsibility, and resilience to higher education, yet their voices are too often missing from conversations about how institutions can better serve them. In a new Inside Higher Ed interview, CAI team members Dr. Matt Bergman and Bridgett Strickler discuss their book, Beyond the Degree: Stories of Adult Learner Comebacks and What They Teach Us, and what 50 adult learner stories reveal about belonging, persistence, identity, and the importance of designing institutions that recognize what adult learners already bring with them.