I consider Ashford to be a specialist in orienting and working with adult learners. For a campus based program, they have the slickest execution of online learning I've ever seen, totally administrative transparency, 0% red tape, consistent format and presentation, really only the material covered changes much from course to course. I briefly discussed adult learning with Dr. Clugston, (a big hitter at the U.) and he was working on a book about transitioning military vets into a college environment...interesting stuff but what is more interesting is how connected and what a priority the university places on adult learners as being distinctly different than their younger campus based learners. What's more amazing is how many other schools out there just don't get that.