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 * Trend Name:** Higher-education learner profiles, including online, information-age, and adult learners, are changing.


 * Basic Summary of Trend:** Online and adult learning is gradually changing. Online students are becoming higher-education learners. This trend is stating that modern students today are more interested in short programs and learning that can be done at home, on a personal fit schedule. Adult students fit in this way of learning due to their time and scheduling, money, family and social obligations. Having these online courses helps give students a more convenient opportunity in learning. Majority of online students consist primarily of working people who are trying to better their opportunities.


 * Key Manifestations:** Students using online courses have completed more college credit hours and over all have a higher GPA than their traditional courses. An example of this is shown in the statistics showing that online students received twice as many A's as traditional students and half as many D's and F's.


 * Key Personnel:** American InterContinental University is one of many schools that have online courses. According to AIU, it gives students the opportunity to discuss concepts with classmates and emphasize the real world skills and practical deliverables in every course. Instructors are accessible with chat rooms, discussion boards, email and voice mail, and sharing their knowledge. Dealing with adult learning, Project READ is an organization committed to provide training for adults in reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.


 * Why/How a trend?** With the advancement of technology, these ideas are trends because of the changes that are being made that will continuously be useful for students in the future. Adult students have this advantage of learning due to these changes as well.


 * Links: http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/fall63/howell63.html**