Experience Education: Empowering Arizona Adults through College Degrees

Summit Information

Thank you for attending this year's Experience Education Summit. Post-secondary education professionals, community stakeholders, and college students gathered to share and develop resources to assist Arizona Adults in earning a college degree.

The Experience Education one-day summit will bring together post-secondary education professionals, community stakeholders, and college students to share and develop resources that will assist Arizona Adults in earning a college degree.

See Film: Faces of the Multiple-Role Adult Student

April 3, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Registration begins at 7:45 am
ASU West campus, La Sala
4701W. Thunderbird Rd., Phoenix
Download Conference Schedule (PDF Format) Updated April 10, 2009

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Carol Kasworm
Department of Adult & Higher Education
North Carolina State University, Raleigh

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

We Need You! Leadership for collegiate success of adult undergraduate students
Adult undergraduates have historically been ignored by many collegiate leaders and faculty. As a growing workforce need for the state and a growing student clientele, this presentation will share key demographics, challenges, and strategies to served adults. Their importance and impact upon the classroom, higher education, and the state will be highlighted.

Presented by: Dr. Carol Kasworm
See Dr. Kasworm's Presentation
Download Dr. Kasworm's Powerpoint

Professor and Department Head, Adult and Higher Education, North Carolina State University.

Dr. Carol Kasworm is currently professor and department head of the Department of Adult and Higher Education at North Carolina State University. She has previously served as Associate Dean for Research and Technology at University of Tennessee-Knoxville, as Interim Provost and Associate Provost for Faculty and Program Development at University of Houston-Clear Lake, and as Program Director for Adult and Higher Education at University of Texas at Austin. She has authored or co-authored 5 books, 27 book chapters, over 75 refereed and nonrefereed journal articles, as well as numerous conference proceedings, monographs and conference presentations. She is currently the co-editor of the 2010 Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. She recently was an invited presenter at the World Conference on Lifelong Learning at Chongwon, Korea, and has been a visiting scholar at the Danish School of Education in Copenhagen. She has received numerous honors and grants to relation to her national leadership, as well as her research on adult undergraduates in higher education. Dr. Kasworm's appearance is made possible by The Maricopa Community College District.

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Resources

"Rethinking the Adult Student"
Powerpoint produced by Communication Studies Community Resource Team
Download Powerpoint:ReEntry_Power_Point_Revised

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Parking and Directions

Parking: Please enter the campus from Thunderbird Road and park in visitor parking. Parking vouchers will be available and distributed at the registration table for attendees not affiliated with ASU. ASU students and staff visiting the West campus will find parking available in Lot 3.

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Partners


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Contact Us

Bonnie Wentzel
ExperiencEducation Coordinator
602-543-6623
Communication Studies
PO BOX 37100
Phoenix Arizona 85069-7100
E-mail: experienceducation@asu.edu

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Facts

66% of Arizona adults ages 25-49 have no college degree
Sources: American Community Survey 2005

At 24.3% Arizona ranks 7th for the number of working adults (25-64) with “some college”
Source: Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Report 2008

At 17.1% Arizona ranks 38th for the number of bachelors degrees awarded to adults 25-50
Source: American Community Survey 2005

Why this gap?
At the current rate, it is not possible for Arizona to reach levels of international competitiveness by 2025 if they only focus on traditional aged college students. “They must rely on the re-entry pipeline – getting older students back into the education system and on track to attaining college degrees.”
Source: Council for Adult and Experiential Learning Report 2008