Too often, conversations and policy debates about higher education ignore a key group of students, the forgotten majority: adult, "nontraditional" learners. In particular, the author argues, community colleges have lost some of their initial edge in the adult market, and are not growing to meet the needs of nontraditional students. She explores…

The New School for Social Research (New York) is offering 90 courses on the Internet, only 2.5 years after delivering its first course on computer. It has mounted an aggressive marketing campaign and attempted to mimic, online, some campus attractions such as art exhibitions and debates. Preliminary evaluation shows the technology fits the…