Project Overview
At the national level public higher education is facing an urgent crisis in its ability to remain globally competitive as other countries continue to out-pace our ability to foster postsecondary degree attainment for its citizens. Earlier this year the South Dakota Regental system was selected along with four other states (New Jersey, Arkansas, Colorado, and Nevada) to participate in a grant project entitled Non-traditional No More: Policy Solutions for Adult Learners sponsored through a joint effort with the Lumina Foundation for Education and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The goals of Non-traditional No More are to 1) increase adult learners’ access to and success in postsecondary education; and 2) stimulate and guide policy and practice changes that will create a more navigable path to degree attainment for ready adults. Specifically, WICHE and the Lumina Foundation aim to assist the five states as they identify their “ready adult” population. As the project achieves data solutions for identifying adult learners in each state through a data working group, it will concurrently help create a navigable path to college success for adults through a comprehensive focus on four other policy areas (academic affairs, student support services, financial aid and financing, and communications).
Working Group Sessions
Data Working Group: Presentation - Meeting Notes
Academic Affairs Working Group: Agenda - Presentation - Hypothetical Situation - Barrier Identification - Meeting Notes
Student Services Working Group: Agenda - Meeting Notes
Finance & Financial Aid Working Group: Agenda - Presentation - Meeting Notes
Communication Working Group: Project Graduate - Handout - Meeting Notes
June/July Working Group Conference Call Summaries
Academic Affairs Working Group
Student Services Working Group
Finance & Financial Aid Working Group
University Center - Second State-Wide Meeting
Meeting Materials: Agenda - South Dakota Ready Adult Population Revisited - Closing Meeting Summary
Working Group Meeting Summaries
Academic Affairs Working Group
Student Services Working Group
Finance & Financial Aid Working Group
November Working Group Conference Call Summaries
Academic Affairs Working Group
Student Services Working Group
Finance & Financial Aid Working Group
April/May Working Group Conference Call Summaries
Student Services Working Group
Working Group Sessions
Data Working Group:
Academic Affairs Working Group:
Student Services Working Group:
Finance & Financial Aid Working Group:
Communication Working Group: