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Article: SAGE EVENING COLLEGE AN ADULT LEARNING COMMUNITY SUITS A DIVERSITY OF STUDENTS.(Local)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 15, 1991
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Try to pin down typical traits of the "adult learner" and you will soon find yourself pulled in several different directions!
Many are as young as 25 and as old as 75 or 80. Adult learners are bankers, accountants, nurses, artists, business professionals, women who are returning to college to make major life changes and retirees just interested in learning for the joy of learning.
But the one thing they all have in common is a real need for the various advantages of an "adult learning community" - a community that truly understands their particular and personal concerns as they pursue course studies and college degrees.
"At Sage, we know that ...