Reports that colleges expect a dramatic increase in returning students over the age of 55. Makes recommendations on how the Virginia Community College system can prepare to meet the needs of these older students, many of whom are displaced workers not in a financial position to retire and searching for alternate career paths. (NB)

A teacher who teaches General Educational Development preparation to at-risk teenagers in a nonprofit alternative education program called FutureWorks conducted a study to identify those elements of FutureWorks that keep students coming to the program. The study included the following data collection activities: a consensus-building activity to…