PROJECT OVERVIEW

A project of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), with funding from Lumina Foundation for Education, Non-traditional No More is working with five states – Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada, New Jersey, and South Dakota – that were selected through a competitive process to identify their “ready adult” population – those adults who are close to having enough credits to obtain a degree but have not yet returned to college.

The project employs two strategies: (1) Identifying Ready Adults and (2) Building a Path to College Success. The first strategy is designed to help states (and institutions) identify their ready adults. This work includes mining state data systems and engaging partnerships with other public or private data system partners to identify each state’s ready adults. The second strategy is comprehensive and focuses on academic policies, financial aid/financing, student support services, and communications (marketing and information strategies designed to reach out to the ready adult population).