Yesterday’s siloed and archaic structures that fail to reflect the lived experiences of today’s students on a path to earning tomorrow’s credentials. These structures force institutions and individuals to conform to a single, idealized path experienced in isolation as a lock-step sequence - from K-12 to college to the workforce - when we know that for many this is just not the case. 50% of students nationally worked while enrolled, 20% earned more than full-time minimum wage for the 30 week school year ($9,600). And, as the potential for more students to re-enroll in college after debt forgiveness is on the horizon, its an open question if they will stop the jobs they currently have. Surely, many of them are a part of the 39 million adults with some college but no credential  who often face financial barriers to return  that have been lessened. Yet while we know that time can be the enemy, for adults it is more rigid in terms of the particular points in the day they can ...