Different Student Populations

Teaching Adult Learners Purpose:  Harvard Division of Continuing Education (DCE) instructors teach non-traditional adult learners who often balance work, family, and academic goals. These learners bring a wealth of personal and professio...

Teaching Undergraduates and Graduate Students  Purpose:  In some courses, it’s common to find both undergraduate and graduate students learning side by side. While this format offers opportunities for cross-level peer learning, it also p...

Teaching a Multigenerational Classroom Purpose: Today’s classrooms may bring together secondary students, traditional-age undergraduates, and working adult learners with wide-ranging backgrounds, experiences, and goals. This diversity e...

Teaching International Students Purpose: International students enrich our classrooms with diverse perspectives, experiences, and questions—but they may also face unique challenges navigating new academic expectations. As ...

Teaching High School Students Purpose:  This resource provides strategies for designing motivating, developmentally appropriate, and well-structured learning experiences for high school students in our  Pre-College Program  and  Secondar...