"As study after study, politician after politician, educator after educator all call for the United States to find ways to provide a college education to a larger share of the population, much of the emphasis of these exhortations is about low-income disadvantaged youth who may lose a shot at higher education because they lack funds and good high schools," Inside Higher Ed reports. "A new analysis of state policies and enrollment patterns, however, is trying to put more focus on adult learners. 'Adult Learning in Focus,' released Friday by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, prepared in collaboration with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, argues that many state policies may discourage those older than traditional college age from obtaining any higher education. This group of students, the report argues, is particularly in need of higher education to get good jobs, and these students' states depend on having more highly trained workers."