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Title: Understanding the Needs of Adult Learners in Chicago: A Data Profile
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Publication Year: 2021
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Abstract: In 2020, the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) began working with the Urban Institute to develop a comprehensive picture of adult learners in Chicago and to investigate various opportunities and gaps that exist in the city for distinct subpopulations of adult learners. CCC is the largest community college system in Illinois, with 4,000 faculty and staff serving 68,000 students annually at seven colleges and five satellite sites. The system strives to serve as a critical avenue for upward economic mobility. CCC engaged in this work after internal data analysis indicated that the system could do a better job of attracting and serving adult learners. Through the development of this profile of adult learners in Chicago and subsequent interviews with key stakeholders in Chicago’s adult-learner ecosystem, the Urban Institute provided information to CCC leadership to help inform their strategy for attracting and serving adult learners moving forward. By releasing this data profile publicly, we aim to inform other Chicago-based organizations in their efforts to serve adult learners, as well as to provide other communities outside of Chicago a framework for understanding their adult learner population. This data profile provides a picture of adult learners in Chicago by identifying and describing key subgroups of learners. First, we review available literature to define adult learners and key subgroups. We then present a picture of adult learners in Chicago using data from the American Community Survey, or ACS. Additional information is drawn from available literature and websites.
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Authors: Brown, Madeline; Spaulding, Shayne; Montes, Marcela; Durham, Christin
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Topics: Education
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