As this job market will become increasingly competitive in this current economic downturn, the higher education program is now becoming even more critical towards securing on stable career. With that, the employers now realizes that high school level and even a two year career program wont be able of cutting its real world anymore. The UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski have already given out its statement in regards to career education on NBC’s Today Show. So within this brief interview, Hrabowski have already touch on varieties of topics that pertains the increase towards this adults that will be returning to their college education. Aside of that, he also offered some insight in regards to the reason that is outside of this economic downturn that tackles on why this undergraduate enrollment for individuals that is already been over 25 is nearing 40%. In which, he submitted some suggestion for those adults who will be considering towards a further education, and even highlighted their educational program of UMBC had for this working adults.

Dr. Hrabowski also provides words of encouragement for those who will be seeking upon returning to school. Since, adult got some offer than they might be thinking. With that, they have already been solving on this life concerns and even raising their children, getting on their job, experience of being knocked down and just getting on its back up. Since, they got resilience of doing it and frankly found that these adult students of this campus are quite doing well. With that, they are quite motivated due to the mere fact they have know why they are in that place, they are quite serious and even got some discipline. Since, they brought on a considerable expertise. Aside of that, he also spoke about the particular career paths of UMBC towards the certain professionals that includes teaching or those entering in military. Never the less, Lumina Foundation that been considered as private organization will be based out of this Indianapolis and even provide their dedication towards attaining higher educational learning that been explained that despite of these high levels of motivational and engagement, the non traditional students will be generally got some challenges in financing their college due to the mere fact that this financial aid is quite less available and they have already experience a higher drop out rates.

With that, the Lumina Foundation recommended of developing their outreach, loosening their schedules, granting interim certificates, teaching several classes online, accelerating course, provision of better advising, developing developmental education, and awarding credit towards life and working experience. President Freeman Hrabowski have already mention several steps during its spot of The Today Show explaining that there UMBC had already taking several of these. In that contrast of Lumina report, he already explained that there is already a considerable amount of federal air towards adults that will be coming back to its campuses. In this appearance of Today Show, Hrabowski particularly stressed on about the essential towards the flexible programs and presence of this programs and its availability courses to be schedule in UMBC. With that, this Lumina Foundation had a similar touch towards the critical need for flexibility of higher education that will gear on the non traditional students that will focus on the benefits towards this online education especially online degree. So rather than listening over their lecture in the classroom, students will now be tuning on their video or even reading over their lesson on screen. Since, they will be participating through an e-mail and even considered as electronic chat rooms rather than raises over their hands in class session. The advantages of it includes: Students will be living far from its school campuses, be able to work on their own space, and to be fully absorb their lesson before they will be moving on towards the next. So, now of today’s technology; students can be able to receive this information that they will need, wherever they needed it. The internet courses are considered as convenient alternative towards this non traditional student. When they have asked towards these challenges of adult student that might be encountering as a result of being out of this educational environment, Hrabowski had entirely explained that these nontraditional learners will meet and exceed its entire classroom expectation. As well, Lumina Foundation supported there belief of saying that despite these challenges in regards of unequal tuition fees. Several of their college instructors will now say that they will actually prefer on teaching adult students. So, the older students are now generally even more motivated, focused towards their younger counterparts, and engaged. Since, there expectations are quite higher. In which, they are quite vocal, interactive especially in class and through online.