adult education

noun

: continuing education

Examples of adult education in a Sentence

The university offers a popular program of adult education.

Recent Examples on the Web

And for more than 50 years, the majority of the time as president, Martinez helped grow the organization from serving migrant farm workers, to including services for children, adult education, a food pantry and several others in seven states. —Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024

In addition to academic-credit enrollment, the college also serves industry-credit students through workforce development, job training, adult education and other programs, according to the release. —Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 31 Jan. 2024

Some states may offer grants and scholarships for older students, and some have offices dedicated to promoting adult education. —The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024

One way is by integrating memory cafes into job descriptions, like for an adult education specialist at a library or museum. —Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024

The state has since worked to improve the quality of instruction in adult education, including providing more training to teachers, according to Jay Baker, the assistant commissioner of adult education. —Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2022

At its height, the party had more than 2,000 members in chapters across the nation, and created free school-breakfast programs, provided sickle-cell anemia testing and offered adult education. —Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023

The adult education programs and services available at Polaris also will be presented for interested parties. —cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022

The district’s central budget — the general fund — will be $12.9 billion, but separate funds contribute to the $18.8-billion figure, including for adult education, the student body fund and construction projects. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above