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As more colleges face the reality of a declining traditional student population, there’s a common belief that adult students are where the growth is 
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Automation, digitalization, and technological advances are changing the workplace, requiring employees to be up to date and continuously learning new skills. However, the responsibility for keeping up is falling mainly to individuals, who must not only find the time but also the means to keep learning. What are governments doing to drive adult education?
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A worldwide study of adult learning has found that those who most need it have the greatest trouble getting it. According to a report on the research, adults (defined as people over the age of 15) with disabilities, who are older, who are refugees or migrants, who live in areas of conflict, who are part of minority groups or other disadvantaged segments of society are "particularly under-represented" in education programs intended to deliver lifelong learning opportunities.
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"If we really want to prepare students for life beyond school, we could begin by asking ourselves what pieces of our own education we are using now as adults. That is an edgy question ..." Via Leona Ungerer, Pauline Farrell
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