College Unbound (CU), focuses on adult learners who have faced significant barriers to attending college. CU coordinates courses, field studies, and in-depth project work to help students develop field-specific knowledge and skills that encourage deep learning. CU fills a unique niche in postsecondary education for returning adult learners with a Bachelor’s Degree program designed around an innovative, personalized, interest/project-based curriculum model.
College Unbound partners with Equity Institute offering a TA to BA program! Equity Unbound is a collaboration offering BIPOC educators a pathway to a college degree. Equity Unbound was created to help recruit and develop a diverse teacher workforce.
Read Linda Borg's latest on how our TA2BA program, offered in partnership with Equity Institute, is changing the game for teacher's assistants and school paraprofessionals looking to take the next step in their careers.
At CU, we seek to empower adult learners to transform their families, communities and workplaces--and we aspire to transform higher education while we're at it.
Read more about how we're working towards these goals.
A shortage of educators--and especially educators of color--has become one of our nation's most pressing issues. Read more about how we're working with the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers to help solve the problem in one of the largest cities in America.
From the New England Journal of Higher Education: CU Provost, Co-Founder, and President-Elect Adam Bush writes about the exciting ways we can transform higher education to better serve adult learners.