Career Alignment Is a Re-Enrollment Strategy
Adult learners re-enroll to change their working lives. ReUp's data shows that 55% of returning adult learners come back for career growth: a promotion, a raise, a new field, a better life.
When your programs make that connection obvious, learners persist. When they can't see it, they leave again. This playbook shows how institutions are closing that gap:
- Five practices that link coursework to careers, from credit for prior learning to employer partnerships
- Questions to test your own advising, program maps, and time to completion
- What eight colleges and universities are already doing, plus a Q&A with Bernadette So, Dean of Student Success at Hudson County Community College
Every learner who finishes strengthens your completion rates and your region's workforce.
Careers, by design.
Make the payoff visible
Map programs to real jobs, regional salary data, and skills learners can name on a resume.
Shorten the path
Award credit for the knowledge adult learners already have, and cut the time between coming back and finishing.
Bring employers in
Let employers help shape your programs, and make internships count toward the credential.
