adult education

Autuan Hawkins is dressed up in a Dr. Seuss costume for Storytime.

A local library in Greensboro will host its first story time event for adults with special needs

Sharryse Piggott

Sensory story time is designed for adults with special needs using hands-on activities and creative ways to captivate their attention.

Education

Many UNC System universities celebrate winter commencement this weekend

Liz Schlemmer

Universities' winter graduation ceremonies celebrate many non-traditional students like North Carolina Central University graduate Pat Whitfield. She began her education at NCCU more than forty years ago, and after a long break, she has completed her degree.

For some older college students, studying later in life has its advantages: They have skills and tools that could only have come with age and maturity. (Clockwise from top left: Santa Benavidez Ramirez, Liz Bracken, Taryn Jim, Matt Seo, Sakeenah Shakir, Jarrell Harris)

Education

'I Need A Degree In Order To Move Forward': Why Some Adults Choose College

Elissa Nadworny

About 7.6 million adults 25 and over attended college in 2018. Among them are a mother of four, a Navy vet and a grandmother finishing what she started more than four decades ago.

Dorise Adams and Mary Anne Carr look over their reading materials during class on Monday. The two are improving their literacy skills at Reading Connections, a non profit that helps adults enhance their reading, writing and math skills.

Education

Literacy Programs Help Adults Improve Reading, Writing Skills

Naomi P. Brown

Every Monday and Wednesday for the past year, Dorise Adams and Mary Anne Carr have met in a classroom at United Methodist Church to achieve their singular…